Genesis 46:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.”

Genesis 46:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:1815 words

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

בְּנֵיbənêSon

זִלְפָּהziləpāhZilpah

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָבָןlāvānLaban

לְלֵאָהləlēʾāhTo Leah

בִתּוֹvitwōDaughter

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob

שֵׁשׁšēšSix

עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen

נָפֶשׁnāp̄ešBreathing creature

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

Word-by-word meanings

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

בְּנֵיbənêSon

זִלְפָּהziləpāhZilpah

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָבָןlāvānLaban

לְלֵאָהləlēʾāhTo Leah

בִתּוֹvitwōDaughter

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob

שֵׁשׁšēšSix

עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen

נָפֶשׁnāp̄ešBreathing creature

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