Genesis 30:41

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.30.41", "source": "וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכָל־יַחֵם֮ הַצֹּ֣אן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒ וְשָׂ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֧ב אֶת־הַמַּקְל֛וֹת לְעֵינֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃", "text": "And-*hāyâ* in-all-*yaḥēm* the-*ṣōʾn* the-*məquššārôt* and-*śām* *yaʿăqōb* *ʾet*-the-*maqqəlôt* to-*ʿênê* the-*ṣōʾn* in-*rəhāṭîm* to-*yaḥəmēnnâ* in-the-*maqqəlôt*", "grammar": { "*hāyâ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it happened/came to pass", "*yaḥēm*": "piel infinitive construct - mating/conceiving of", "*ṣōʾn*": "common noun with definite article, feminine singular collective - the flock", "*məquššārôt*": "pual participle with definite article, feminine plural - the stronger/bound", "*śām*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he placed/put", "*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*maqqəlôt*": "common noun with definite article, feminine plural - the rods/sticks", "*ʿênê*": "common noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of", "*rəhāṭîm*": "common noun with definite article, masculine plural - the troughs/watering-places", "*yaḥəmēnnâ*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - to cause them to mate" }, "variants": { "*məquššārôt*": "stronger/bound/vigorous", "*yaḥēm*": "mating time/heat/breeding", "*rəhāṭîm*": "watering troughs/gutters", "*yaḥəmēnnâ*": "to make them conceive/to cause them to mate" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכָל־יַחֵם֮ הַצֹּ֣אן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒ וְשָׂ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֧ב אֶת־הַמַּקְל֛וֹת לְעֵינֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And-hāyâ in-all-yaḥēm the-ṣōʾn the-məquššārôt and-śām yaʿăqōb ʾet-the-maqqəlôt to-ʿênê the-ṣōʾn in-rəhāṭîm to-yaḥəmēnnâ in-the-maqqəlôt

Grammar Details

• *hāyâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it happened/came to pass
• *yaḥēm*: piel infinitive construct - mating/conceiving of
• *ṣōʾn*: common noun with definite article, feminine singular collective - the flock
• *məquššārôt*: pual participle with definite article, feminine plural - the stronger/bound
• *śām*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he placed/put
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *maqqəlôt*: common noun with definite article, feminine plural - the rods/sticks
• *ʿênê*: common noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of
• *rəhāṭîm*: common noun with definite article, masculine plural - the troughs/watering-places
• *yaḥəmēnnâ*: piel infinitive construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - to cause them to mate

Word Meanings

• *məquššārôt*: stronger/bound/vigorous
• *yaḥēm*: mating time/heat/breeding
• *rəhāṭîm*: watering troughs/gutters
• *yaḥəmēnnâ*: to make them conceive/to cause them to mate

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks so they would mate near the branches.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass, whensoever the stronr cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Whenever the stronger cattle conceived, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, so they might conceive among the rods.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger{H7194} of the flock{H6629} did conceive,{H3179} that Jacob{H3290} laid{H7760} the rods{H4731} before the eyes{H5869} of the flock{H6629} in the gutters,{H7298} that they might conceive{H3179} among the rods;{H4731}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger{H7194}{(H8794)} cattle{H6629} did conceive{H3179}{(H8763)}, that Jacob{H3290} laid{H7760}{(H8804)} the rods{H4731} before the eyes{H5869} of the cattle{H6629} in the gutters{H7298}, that they might conceive{H3179}{(H8763)} among the rods{H4731}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And allwaye in the first buckinge tyme of the shepe Iacob put the staues before the shepe in the gutters yt they myghte conceaue before the staues

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles in the first buckynge tyme of the flockes, he layed the staues in the drynkinge troughes before the eyes of the flockes, that they shulde conceaue ouer the staues.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in euery ramming time of the stronger sheepe, Iaakob layde the rods before the eyes of the sheepe in the gutters, that they might conceiue before the rods.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in euery conceauyng tyme of the stronger cattel, Iacob layed the roddes before the eyes of the cattell in the gutters, namely that they myght conceaue before the roddes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.