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Genesis 35:22 Interlinear

dwelt And it came to pass when Israel in that land that Reuben and lay with Bilhah concubine his father's heard And it came to pass when Israel it Now the sons of Jacob were twelve

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֗יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2בִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןH7931dweltto reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
3יִשְׂרָאֵֽ֑לH3478And it came to pass when Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
4בָּאָ֣רֶץH776in that landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5הַהִ֔ואH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
6וַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
7רְאוּבֵ֔ןH7205that Reubenreuben, a son of jacob
8וַיִּשְׁכַּ֕ב֙H7901and layto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10בִּלְהָ֖ה֙H1090with Bilhahbilhah, the name of a place in palestine
11פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁH6370concubinea concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
12אָבִ֑֔יוH1his father'sfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
13וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עH8085heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
14יִשְׂרָאֵֽ֑לH3478And it came to pass when Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
15וַיִּֽהְי֥וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
16בְנֵֽיH1121it Now the sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
17יַעֲקֹ֖בH3290of Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
18שְׁנֵ֥יםH8147were twelvetwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
19עָשָֽׂר׃H6240ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth

Verse Context

Genesis 35:21journeyed And Israel and spread his tent beyond the tower...
Genesis 35:22 (current) dwelt And it came to pass when Israel in that land that Reuben and lay with Bilhah concubine his father's heard And it came to pass when Israel it Now the sons of Jacob were twelve
Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah firstborn Jacob's Reuben and Simeon...

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