Genesis 46:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.”

Genesis 46:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:2515 words

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

בְּנֵיbənêSon

בִלְהָהviləhāhBilhah

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָבָןlāvānLaban

לְרָחֵלlərāḥēlTo Rachel

בִּתּוֹbitwōDaughter

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob

כָּלkālWhole

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven

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

Word-by-word meanings

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

בְּנֵיbənêSon

בִלְהָהviləhāhBilhah

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָבָןlāvānLaban

לְרָחֵלlərāḥēlTo Rachel

בִּתּוֹbitwōDaughter

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob

כָּלkālWhole

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven

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