Genesis

Genesis 30:3–4

³Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me,^a so that through her I too can build a family.”

⁴So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then she said	וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
Here	הִנֵּ֛ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
is my maidservant	אֲמָתִ֥י	’ă·mā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H519 maid, handmaid
Bilhah	בִלְהָ֖ה	ḇil·hāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1090 Bilhah
Sleep with	בֹּ֣א	bō	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
her	אֵלֶ֑יהָ	’ê·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H413 motion to
that she may bear children	וְתֵלֵד֙	wə·ṯê·lêḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
so that through her	מִמֶּֽנָּה׃	mim·men·nāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
I	אָנֹכִ֖י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
too	גַם־	ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
can build a family	וְאִבָּנֶ֥ה	wə·’ib·bā·neh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H1129 build

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Rachel gave	וַתִּתֶּן־	wat·tit·ten-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
her servant	שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ	šip̄·ḥā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H8198 maid, maid-servant
Bilhah	בִּלְהָ֥ה	bil·hāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1090 Bilhah
as a wife	לְאִשָּׁ֑ה	lə·’iš·šāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
and	יַעֲקֹֽב׃	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
slept with	וַיָּבֹ֥א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
her	אֵלֶ֖יהָ	’ê·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H413 motion to

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Genesis 30:3 Genesis 50:23 · Job 3:12 · Genesis 16:2–3 · Genesis 30:9 · Ruth 4:11

Genesis 30:4 Genesis 35:22 · Genesis 21:10 · Genesis 22:24 · Genesis 16:3–4 · Genesis 33:2 · 2 Samuel 12:11 · Genesis 25:1 · Genesis 25:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.