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Genesis 30:8 Interlinear

“said And Rachel wrestlings With great have I wrestled with my sister and I have prevailed and she called his name Naphtali”

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Genesis 30 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַתֹּ֣אמֶר	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	רָחֵ֗ל	H7354	And Rachel	rachel, a wife of jacob
3	נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י	H5319	wrestlings	properly, wrestled; but used (in the plural) transitively, a struggle
4	אֱלֹהִ֧ים׀	H430	With great	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
5	נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי	H6617	have I wrestled	to twine, i.e., (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
6	עִם	H5973		adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
7	אֲחֹתִ֖י	H269	with my sister	a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
8	גַּם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
9	יָכֹ֑לְתִּי	H3201	and I have prevailed	to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
10	וַתִּקְרָ֥א	H7121	and she called	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
11	שְׁמ֖וֹ	H8034	his name	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
12	נַפְתָּלִֽי׃	H5321	Naphtali	naphtali, a son of jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Genesis 30:8 (current)said And Rachel wrestlings With great have I wrestled with my sister and I have prevailed and she called his name Naphtali