Genesis

Genesis 30:9

⁹When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When Leah	לֵאָ֔ה	lê·’āh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3812 Leah
saw	וַתֵּ֣רֶא	wat·tê·re	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7200 see
that	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
she had stopped	עָמְדָ֖ה	‘ā·mə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
having children	מִלֶּ֑דֶת	mil·le·ḏeṯ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
she gave	וַתִּתֵּ֥ן	wat·tit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
her servant	שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ	šip̄·ḥā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H8198 maid, maid-servant
Zilpah	זִלְפָּ֣ה	zil·pāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2153 Zilpah
to Jacob	לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב	lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
as a wife	לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	lə·’iš·šāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female

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