Genesis 30:38

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.30.38", "source": "וַיַּצֵּ֗ג אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּצֵּ֔ל בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת הַמָּ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֩ תָּבֹ֨אןָ הַצֹּ֤אן לִשְׁתּוֹת֙ לְנֹ֣כַח הַצֹּ֔אן וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה בְּבֹאָ֥ן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃", "text": "And *wayyaṣṣēg* *ʾet*-the-*maqqəlôt* which *piṣṣēl* in-*rəhāṭîm* in-*šiqătôt* the-*māyim* which *tābōʾnâ* the-*ṣōʾn* to-*šətôt* before the-*ṣōʾn* and-*yēḥamnâ* in-*bōʾān* to-*šətôt*", "grammar": { "*wayyaṣṣēg*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular from *yṣg* - he placed/set", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*maqqəlôt*": "common noun with definite article, feminine plural - the rods/sticks", "*piṣṣēl*": "piel perfect 3rd masculine singular from *pṣl* - he peeled", "*rəhāṭîm*": "common noun, masculine plural - troughs/watering-places", "*šiqătôt*": "common noun, feminine plural construct - watering troughs of", "*māyim*": "common noun with definite article, masculine plural - the water", "*tābōʾnâ*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural from *bwʾ* - they (f) come", "*ṣōʾn*": "common noun with definite article, feminine singular collective - the flock", "*šətôt*": "qal infinitive construct - to drink", "*yēḥamnâ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural from *ḥmm* - they became hot/in heat", "*bōʾān*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - in their coming" }, "variants": { "*rəhāṭîm*": "watering troughs/gutters", "*šiqătôt*": "troughs/drinking places", "*yēḥamnâ*": "they became hot/they mated/they conceived" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּצֵּ֗ג אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּצֵּ֔ל בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת הַמָּ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֩ תָּבֹ֨אןָ הַצֹּ֤אן לִשְׁתּוֹת֙ לְנֹ֣כַח הַצֹּ֔אן וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה בְּבֹאָ֥ן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And wayyaṣṣēg ʾet-the-maqqəlôt which piṣṣēl in-rəhāṭîm in-šiqătôt the-māyim which tābōʾnâ the-ṣōʾn to-šətôt before the-ṣōʾn and-yēḥamnâ in-bōʾān to-šətôt

Grammar Details

• *wayyaṣṣēg*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular from *yṣg* - he placed/set
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *maqqəlôt*: common noun with definite article, feminine plural - the rods/sticks
• *piṣṣēl*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular from *pṣl* - he peeled
• *rəhāṭîm*: common noun, masculine plural - troughs/watering-places
• *šiqătôt*: common noun, feminine plural construct - watering troughs of
• *māyim*: common noun with definite article, masculine plural - the water
• *tābōʾnâ*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural from *bwʾ* - they (f) come
• *ṣōʾn*: common noun with definite article, feminine singular collective - the flock
• *šətôt*: qal infinitive construct - to drink
• *yēḥamnâ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural from *ḥmm* - they became hot/in heat
• *bōʾān*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - in their coming

Word Meanings

• *rəhāṭîm*: watering troughs/gutters
• *šiqătôt*: troughs/drinking places
• *yēḥamnâ*: they became hot/they mated/they conceived

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He placed the peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so they would mate when they came to drink.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  He set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he put the staues which he had pilled eue before ye shepe in the gutters and watrynge troughes whe the shepe came to drynke: yt they shulde coceaue whe they came to drynke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and layed the staues that he had pylled, in the drynkinge troughes before the flocke, which came there to drynke, that they shulde conceaue, whan they came to drynke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And put the roddes which he had pilled, euen before the sheepe, in the gutters and watryng throughes when the sheepe came to drynke, that they should conceaue when they came to drynke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.