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Genesis 48:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–lehem.


Genesis 48:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:721 words
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
בְּבֹאִיbəvōʾîIn go
מִפַּדָּןmipadānFrom Paddan
מֵתָהmētāhDie
עָלַיʿālayAbove
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
בְּעוֹדbəʿwōdIn iteration
כִּבְרַתkivəratLength
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
לָבֹאlāvōʾTo go
אֶפְרָתָהʾep̄ərātāhEphrath
וָאֶקְבְּרֶהָwāʾeqəbərehāAnd inter
שָּׁםšāmThere
בְּדֶרֶךְbədereḵəIn road
אֶפְרָתʾep̄ərātEphrath
הִואhiwʾHe
בֵּיתbêt
לָחֶםlāḥemBeth-Lechem
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
בְּבֹאִיbəvōʾîIn go
מִפַּדָּןmipadānFrom Paddan
מֵתָהmētāhDie
עָלַיʿālayAbove
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
בְּעוֹדbəʿwōdIn iteration
כִּבְרַתkivəratLength
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
לָבֹאlāvōʾTo go
אֶפְרָתָהʾep̄ərātāhEphrath
וָאֶקְבְּרֶהָwāʾeqəbərehāAnd inter
שָּׁםšāmThere
בְּדֶרֶךְbədereḵəIn road
אֶפְרָתʾep̄ərātEphrath
הִואhiwʾHe
בֵּיתbêtdirect object marker (no translation)
לָחֶםlāḥemBeth-Lechem

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