Genesis 30:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֔ה בְּאָשְׁרִ֕י כִּ֥י אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי בָּנ֑וֹת וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אָשֵֽׁר

Transliteration

wə-tōmer Lēʾâ in-ʾāšrî for ʾiššərûnî bānôt wə-tiqrā ʾet-šəmô ʾĀšēr

Grammar Details

*wə-tōmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said
*Lēʾâ*: proper noun, feminine singular - Leah
*ʾāšrî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my happiness
*ʾiššərûnî*: piel perfect, 3rd common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have called me happy
*bānôt*: noun, feminine plural - daughters/women
*wə-tiqrā*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she called
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*šəmô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
*ʾĀšēr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Asher

Word Meanings

*ʾāšrî*: my happiness/blessedness
*ʾiššərûnî*: they have called me happy/they have pronounced me blessed
*bānôt*: daughters/women
*ʾĀšēr*: Asher/happy (wordplay on *ʾāšrî*)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 1:48 : 48 For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying]:
Gen 35:26 : 26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
Gen 49:20 : 20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
Deut 33:24-25 : 24 And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Gen 46:17 : 17 And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
Song 6:9 : 9 My dove, my undefiled, is [but] one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; [Yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 30:17-21
5 verses
77%
17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.
20And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Gen 30:9-12
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76%
9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
12And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son.
Deut 33:24
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24And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.
Gen 35:26
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26and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
Num 26:46-47
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74%
46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Gen 46:17-18
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17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Gen 29:31-35
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31And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
33And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon.
34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
35And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
Gen 29:16-17
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71%
16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17And Leah's eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
Gen 49:20
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20Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
1 Chr 7:30
71%
30The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
Gen 30:23-24
2 verses
69%
23And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.
Exod 1:4
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4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Gen 30:14
68%
14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
Gen 29:24
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24And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
Gen 30:3
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3And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.
Gen 35:23
67%
23the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
1 Chr 2:2
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2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Gen 28:3
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3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;
Gen 31:14
66%
14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Josh 19:31
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31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Gen 30:6
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6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.