Genesis 29:31 Go deeper
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And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'and he saw
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 1
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 2
כִּֽי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 3
שְׂנוּאָ֣הse.nu.'Ah[was] hated
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsfsa)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5, Genesis 37:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 4
לֵאָ֔הle.'AhLeah
Lemma: לֵאָה (le.ah) · Strong's: H3812
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Leah
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 29:16, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 29:23, Genesis 29:24, Genesis 29:25, Genesis 29:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3812; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 5
וַיִּפְתַּ֖חvai.yif.Tachand he opened
Lemma: פָּתַח (pa.tach) · Strong's: H6605A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to open
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 41:56, Genesis 42:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6605A; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 6
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
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 29:31 word 7
רַחְמָ֑הּrach.Mahwomb her
Lemma: רֶ֫חֶם (re.chem) · Strong's: H7358
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: womb
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 20:18, Genesis 30:22, Exodus 13:2, Exodus 13:12, Exodus 13:15, Exodus 34:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7358; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 8
וְרָחֵ֖לve.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 29:31 word 9
עֲקָרָֽה\׃'a.ka.Rah[was] barren
Lemma: עָקָר (a.qar) · Strong's: H6135
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: barren
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 11:30, Genesis 25:21, Exodus 23:26, Deuteronomy 7:14, Judges 13:2, Judges 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6135; TAHOT Genesis 29:31 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| saw | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| Leah | → | לֵאָה H3812 Leah |
| was unloved | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| He opened | → | פָּתַח H6605A to open |
| her womb | → | רֶ֫חֶם H7358 womb |
| but Rachel | → | רָחֵל H7354 Rachel |
| [was] barren | → | עָקָר H6135 barren |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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