Genesis 30:16
When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
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ASV
And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
KJV
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֨א | vai.ya.Vo' | and he came | H935 → |
| יַעֲקֹ֣ב | ya.'a.Ko | Jacob | H3290 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶה֮ | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| בָּעֶרֶב֒ | ba.'e.Rev | in the evening | H6153 → |
| וַתֵּצֵ֨א | va.te.Tze' | and she went out | H3318 → |
| לֵאָ֜ה | le.'Ah | Leah | H3812 → |
| לִקְרָאת֗וֹ | lik.ra.To | to meet him | H7122 → |
| וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | va.To.mer | and she said | H559 → |
| אֵלַ֣י | 'e.Lai | into me | H413 → |
| תָּב֔וֹא | ta.Vo' | you will come | H935 → |
| כִּ֚י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| שָׂכֹ֣ר | sa.Khor | certainly <to hire> | H7936 → |
| שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָ | se.khar.Ti.kha | I have hired you | H7936 → |
| בְּדוּדָאֵ֖י | be.du.da.'Ei | for [the] mandrakes of | H1736 → |
| בְּנִ֑י | be.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב | vai.yish.Kav | and he lay | H7901 → |
| עִמָּ֖הּ | 'i.Mah | with her | H5973 → |
| בַּלַּ֥יְלָה | ba.Lay.lah | in the night | H3915 → |
| הֽוּא׃ | Hu' | that | H1931 → |
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