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Genesis 35:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.


Genesis 35:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:1613 words
וַיִּסְעוּwayisəʿûAnd pull
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
כִּבְרַתkivəratLength
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לָבוֹאlāvwōʾTo go
אֶפְרָתָהʾep̄ərātāhEphrath
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
וַתְּקַשׁwatəqašAnd be dense
בְּלִדְתָּהּbəlidətāhIn bear young
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּסְעוּwayisəʿûAnd pull
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
כִּבְרַתkivəratLength
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לָבוֹאlāvwōʾTo go
אֶפְרָתָהʾep̄ərātāhEphrath
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
וַתְּקַשׁwatəqašAnd be dense
בְּלִדְתָּהּbəlidətāhIn bear young

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