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Genesis 29:12

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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.	And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's brother, and that he [was] Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.	And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob^H3290 told^H5046 Rachel^H7354 that he was her father's^H1 brother^H251, and that he was Rebekah's^H7259 son^H1121: and she ran^H7323 and told^H5046 her father^H1.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּגֵּד יַעֲקֹב לְרָחֵל כִּי אֲחִי אָבִיהָ הוּא וְכִי בֶן־רִבְקָה הוּא וַתָּרָץ וַתַּגֵּד לְאָבִיהָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּגֵּ֨ד	va/i.ya.Ged	H5046	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he told
יַעֲקֹ֜ב	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
לְ/רָחֵ֗ל	le./ra.Chel	H7354	HR/Np	to/ Rachel
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
אֲחִ֤י	'a.Chi	H251	HNcmsc	(was) (the) relative of
אָבִ֨י/הָ֙	'a.Vi./ha	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	father/ her
ה֔וּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
וְ/כִ֥י	ve./Khi	H3588	HC/C	and/ that
בֶן	ven-	H1121	HNcmsc	(was) (the) son of
רִבְקָ֖ה	riv.Kah	H7259	HNp	Rebekah
ה֑וּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
וַ/תָּ֖רָץ	va./Ta.rotz	H7323	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she ran
וַ/תַּגֵּ֥ד	va./ta.Ged	H5046	HC/Vhw3fs	and/ she told
לְ/אָבִֽי/הָ	le./'a.Vi./ha	H1	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs	to/ father/ her

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H5046 — נָגַד (nâgad, naw-gad'): a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
• H7259 — רִבְקָה (Ribqâh, rib-kaw'): from an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock; fettering (by beauty); Ribkah, the wife of Isaac; Rebekah.
• H7323 — רוּץ (rûwts, roots): a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush); break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
• H7354 — רָחֵל (Râchêl, raw-khale'): the same as רָחֵל; Rachel, a wife of Jacob; Rachel.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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