Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 29:20 Interlinear

“served And Jacob for Rachel seven years and they seemed days unto him but a few for the love he had ”

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Genesis 29 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיַּֽעֲבֹ֧ד	H5647	served	to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
2	יַֽעֲקֹ֛ב	H3290	And Jacob	jaakob, the israelitish patriarch
3	בְּרָחֵ֖ל	H7354	for Rachel	rachel, a wife of jacob
4	שֶׁ֣בַע	H7651	seven	seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
5	שָׁנִ֑ים	H8141	years	a year (as a revolution of time)
6	וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7	בְעֵינָיו֙	H5869	and they seemed	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
8	כְּיָמִ֣ים	H3117	days	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
9	אֲחָדִ֔ים	H259	unto him but a few	properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
10	בְּאַֽהֲבָת֖וֹ	H160	for the love he had	love
11	אֹתָֽהּ׃	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Genesis 29:20 (current)served And Jacob for Rachel seven years and they seemed days unto him but a few for the love he had