Genesis 29:17 Go deeper

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. (KJV)

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וְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.Neiand [the] eyes of

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 1

לֵאָ֖הle.'AhLeah

Lemma: לֵאָה (le.ah) · Strong's: H3812

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Leah

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 29:16, Genesis 29:23, Genesis 29:24, Genesis 29:25, Genesis 29:30, Genesis 29:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3812; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 2

רַכּ֑וֹתra.Kot[were] weak

Lemma: רַךְ (rakh) · Strong's: H7390

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAafpa)

Meaning: tender

Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 18:7, Genesis 33:13, Deuteronomy 20:8, Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56, 2 Samuel 3:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7390; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 3

וְרָחֵל֙ve.ra.Cheland Rachel

Lemma: רָחֵל (ra.chel) · Strong's: H7354

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Rachel

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 29:6, Genesis 29:9, Genesis 29:10, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 29:12, Genesis 29:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7354; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 4

הָֽיְתָ֔הha.ye.Tahshe was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 5

יְפַת\־ye.fat-beautiful of

Lemma: יָפֶה (ya.pheh) · Strong's: H3303

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HAafsc)

Meaning: beautiful

Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3303; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 6

תֹּ֖אַרTo.'arform

Lemma: תֹּ֫אַר (to.ar) · Strong's: H8389

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: appearance

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 39:6, Genesis 41:18, Genesis 41:19, Deuteronomy 21:11, Judges 8:18, 1 Samuel 16:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8389; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 7

וִיפַ֥תvi.Fatand beautiful of

Lemma: יָפֶה (ya.pheh) · Strong's: H3303

Parsing: Aafsc (Aafsc)

Meaning: beautiful

Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3303; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 8

מַרְאֶֽה\׃mar.'Ehappearance

Lemma: מַרְאֶה (mar.eh) · Strong's: H4758

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: appearance

Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 41:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4758; TAHOT Genesis 29:17 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Leah	→	לֵאָה H3812 Leah
had weak	→	רַךְ H7390 tender
eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
but Rachel	→	רָחֵל H7354 Rachel
was	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
shapely	→	יָפֶה H3303 beautiful
. . .	→	תֹּ֫אַר H8389 appearance
and beautiful	→	יָפֶה H3303 beautiful
. . .	→	מַרְאֶה H4758 appearance

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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