KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 30:15 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And she said” | וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto her, a small matter” | הַמְעַט֙ | A little or few (often adverbial or comparative) | small matter |
| “Is it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “that thou hast taken” | קַחְתֵּ֣ךְ | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | taken |
| “my husband?” | אִישִׁ֔י | Properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) | husband |
| “and wouldest thou take away” | וְלָקַ֕חַת | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | wouldest take away |
| “my son's” | בְּנִ֑י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “mandrakes” | דּֽוּדָאֵ֖י | A boiler or basket; also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac) | mandrakes |
| “also?” | גַּ֥ם | Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | also |
| “And Rachel” | רָחֵ֗ל | Rachel, a wife of Jacob | Rachel |
| “said,” | וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Therefore” | לָכֵן֙ | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | Therefore |
| “he shall lie” | יִשְׁכַּ֤ב | To lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) | lie |
| “with” | עִמָּךְ֙ | Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) | with |
| “thee to night” | הַלַּ֔יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “for” | תַּ֖חַת | The bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | for |
| “thy son's” | בְנֵֽךְ׃ | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “mandrakes.” | דּֽוּדָאֵ֥י | A boiler or basket; also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac) | mandrakes |
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13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14 And 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.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
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