Genesis 30:38
Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
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ASV
And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
KJV
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּצֵּ֗ג | vai.ya.Tzeg | and he placed | H3322 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ | ha.mak.loT | the branches | H4731 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| פִּצֵּ֔ל | pi.Tzel | he had stripped | H6478 → |
| בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים | bo.ro.ha.Tim | in the drinking troughs | H7298 → |
| בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת | be.shi.ka.Tot | in [the] watering channels of | H8268 → |
| הַמָּ֑יִם | ha.Ma.yim | <the> water | H4325 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| תָּבֹ֨אןָ | ta.Vo.na | they came | H935 → |
| הַצֹּ֤אן | ha.Tzon | the flock | H6629 → |
| לִשְׁתּוֹת֙ | lish.toT | to drink | H8354 → |
| לְנֹ֣כַח | le.No.khach | to before | H5227 → |
| הַצֹּ֔אן | ha.Tzon | the flock | H6629 → |
| וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה | vai.ye.Cham.nah | and they mated | H3179 → |
| בְּבֹאָ֥ן | be.vo.'An | when came they | H935 → |
| לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ | lish.Tot | to drink | H8354 → |
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