Genesis 35:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”

Genesis 35:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:2219 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בִּשְׁכֹּןbišəkōnIn reside

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

הַהִואhahiwʾThe he

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

וַיִּשְׁכַּבwayišəkavAnd lie down

אֶתʾetNearness

בִּלְהָהbiləhāhBilhah

פִּילֶגֶשׁpîlegešConcubine

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

בְנֵיvənêSon

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בִּשְׁכֹּןbišəkōnIn reside

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

הַהִואhahiwʾThe he

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

וַיִּשְׁכַּבwayišəkavAnd lie down

אֶתʾetNearness

בִּלְהָהbiləhāhBilhah

פִּילֶגֶשׁpîlegešConcubine

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

בְנֵיvənêSon

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

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