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 48:7 — Hebrew 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
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