Genesis

Genesis 30:4

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

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

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.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.