Genesis 29:20 Go deeper

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. (KJV)

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וַיַּעֲבֹ֧דvai.ya.'a.Vodand he served

Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to serve

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 1

יַעֲקֹ֛בya.'a.KoJacob

Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Jacob

Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 2

בְּרָחֵ֖לbe.ra.Chelfor 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 29:20 word 3

שֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'seven

Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: seven

Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 4

שָׁנִ֑יםsha.Nimyears

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: year

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 5

וַיִּהְי֤וּvai.yih.Yuand they were

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

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 29:20 word 6

בְעֵינָיו֙ve.'ei.Navin view his

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I

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

Meaning: eye: appearance

Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 7

כְּיָמִ֣יםke.ya.Mimlike days

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 8

אֲחָדִ֔ים'a.cha.Dimone<s>

Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)

Meaning: one

Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 9

בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹbe.'a.ha.va.Toin love his

Lemma: אַהֲבָה (a.ha.vah) · Strong's: H0160

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: love

Used 38 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:8, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 20:17, 2 Samuel 1:26, 2 Samuel 13:15, 1 Kings 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0160; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 10

אֹתָֽהּ\׃'o.Tah<obj.> her

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 29:20 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

So Jacob	→	יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob
served	→	עָבַד H5647G to serve
seven	→	שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven
years	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
for Rachel	→	רָחֵל H7354 Rachel
yet it seemed	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
[but] a few	→	אֶחָד H0259 one
days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
because of his love	→	אַהֲבָה H0160 love
for her	→	אֵת H0853 [Obj.]

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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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