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Genesis 29:31

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← Genesis 29:30	Genesis 29:31 (KJV)	Genesis 29:32 →
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.	And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.	And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when the LORD^H3068 saw^H7200 that Leah^H3812 was hated^H8130, he opened^H6605 her womb^H7358: but Rachel^H7354 was barren^H6135.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי־שְׂנוּאָה לֵאָה וַיִּפְתַּח אֶת־רַחְמָהּ וְרָחֵל עֲקָרָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֤רְא	va/i.Yar'	H7200	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he saw
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
שְׂנוּאָ֣ה	se.nu.'Ah	H8130	HVqsfsa	(was) hated
לֵאָ֔ה	le.'Ah	H3812	HNp	Leah
וַ/יִּפְתַּ֖ח	va/i.yif.Tach	H6605	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he opened
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
רַחְמָ֑/הּ	rach.Ma/h	H7358	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	womb/ her
וְ/רָחֵ֖ל	ve./ra.Chel	H7354	HC/Np	and/ Rachel
עֲקָרָֽה	'a.ka.Rah	H6135	HAafsa	(was) barren

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

Strong's References

• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3812 — לֵאָה (Lêʼâh, lay-aw'): from לָאָה; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob; Leah.
• H6135 — עָקָר (ʻâqâr, aw-kawr'): from עָקַר; sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs); ([idiom] male or female) barren (woman).
• H6605 — פָּתַח (pâthach, paw-thakh'): a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7354 — רָחֵל (Râchêl, raw-khale'): the same as רָחֵל; Rachel, a wife of Jacob; Rachel.
• H7358 — רֶחֶם (rechem, rekh'-em): from רָחַם; (compare רַחַם); the womb; matrix, womb.
• H8130 — שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ, saw-nay'): a primitive root; to hate (personally); enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.

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

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• 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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