Genesis 30:17 Go deeper
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And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvai.yish.Ma'and he listened
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Genesis 30:17 word 1
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Genesis 30:17 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 30:17 word 3
לֵאָ֑הle.'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 30:17 word 4
וַתַּ֛הַרva.Ta.harand she conceived
Lemma: הָרָה (ha.rah) · Strong's: H2029
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to conceive
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 19:36, Genesis 21:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2029; TAHOT Genesis 30:17 word 5
וַתֵּ֥לֶדva.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 30:17 word 6
לְיַעֲקֹ֖בle.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 30:17 word 7
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 30:17 word 8
חֲמִישִֽׁי\׃cha.mi.Shififth
Lemma: חֲמִישִׁי (cha.mi.shi) · Strong's: H2549
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical position · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAomsa)
Meaning: fifth
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 1:23, Genesis 47:24, Leviticus 5:16, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:25, Leviticus 22:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2549; TAHOT Genesis 30:17 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| listened | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Leah | → | לֵאָה H3812 Leah |
| and she conceived | → | הָרָה H2029 to conceive |
| and bore | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| a fifth | → | חֲמִישִׁי H2549 fifth |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| to Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
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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