Genesis
Genesis 48:7
7Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan,b to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
Footnotes
- b 48:7 That is, northwest Mesopotamia
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now as for me | וַאֲנִ֣י׀ | wa·’ă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| when I was returning | בְּבֹאִ֣י | bə·ḇō·’î | Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| from Paddan | מִפַּדָּ֗ן | mip·pad·dān | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6307 Paddan, Paddan-Aram |
| to my sorrow | עָלַ֨י | ‘ā·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H5921 height |
| Rachel | רָחֵ֜ל | rā·ḥêl | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H7354 Rachel |
| died | מֵ֩תָה֩ | mê·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H4191 die |
| along the way | בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ | bad·de·reḵ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| in the land | בְּאֶ֤רֶץ | bə·’e·reṣ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Canaan | כְּנַ֙עַן֙ | kə·na·‘an | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3667 Canaan |
| some distance | כִּבְרַת־ | kiḇ·raṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H3530 distance |
| from Ephrath | אֶפְרָ֑תָה | ’ep̄·rā·ṯāh | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H672 Ephrath, Bethlehem |
| So I buried her | וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ | wā·’eq·bə·re·hā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H6912 bury |
| there | שָּׁם֙ | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| beside the road | בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ | bə·ḏe·reḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| to Ephrath | אֶפְרָ֔ת | ’ep̄·rāṯ | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H672 Ephrath, Bethlehem |
| that | הִ֖וא | hî | Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| Bethlehem | לָֽחֶם׃ | lā·ḥem | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1035 Beth-Lechem |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.