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And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. (KJV)
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וַתֵּ֗לֶדva.Te.ledand she bore
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Genesis 30:12 word 1
זִלְפָּה֙zil.PahZilpah
Lemma: זִלְפָּה (zil.pah) · Strong's: H2153
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Zilpah
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 29:24, Genesis 30:9, Genesis 30:10, Genesis 35:26, Genesis 37:2, Genesis 46:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2153; TAHOT Genesis 30:12 word 2
שִׁפְחַ֣תshif.Chat[the] maidservant of
Lemma: שִׁפְחָה (shiph.chah) · Strong's: H8198
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: maidservant
Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 16:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8198; TAHOT Genesis 30:12 word 3
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 30:12 word 4
בֵּ֥ןbena son
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Genesis 30:12 word 5
שֵׁנִ֖יshe.Nisecond
Lemma: שֵׁנִי (she.ni) · Strong's: H8145
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical position · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAomsa)
Meaning: second
Used 156 times. Also: Genesis 1:8, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8145; TAHOT Genesis 30:12 word 6
לְיַעֲקֹֽב\׃le.ya.'a.Koto Jacob
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 30:12 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When Leah’s | → | לֵאָה H3812 Leah |
| servant | → | שִׁפְחָה H8198 maidservant |
| Zilpah | → | זִלְפָּה H2153 Zilpah |
| bore | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| a second | → | שֵׁנִי H8145 second |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
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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