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Genesis 30:38

Hebrew
וַיַּצֵּ֗ג אֶתplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֵת

hebrew

The Hebrew אֵת word does not have a corresponding word in English. In Hebrew, it is a marker of the accusative, i.e. the word following it is the object of the sentence.

For example, in Genesis 1:1 the word is preceded by בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים (
הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּצֵּ֔ל בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת הַמָּ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֩ תָּבֹ֨אןָ הַצֹּ֤אן לִשְׁתּוֹת֙ לְנֹ֣כַח הַצֹּ֔אן וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה בְּבֹאָ֥ן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
ESV
He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink,
NIV
Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
NLT
Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated.
LXX
καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί

greek

Meaning

* And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So

Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and”
παρέθηκεν τὰςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ῥάβδους ἃς ἐλέπισεν ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
ταῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ληνοῖς τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ποτιστηρίων τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ὕδατος ἵνα ὡς ἂν ἔλθωσιν τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
πρόβατα πιεῖν ἐνώπιον τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ῥάβδων ἐλθόντων αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός

greek

Meaning

* He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same

Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament.

Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
εἰς τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
πιεῖν
KJV
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.

Genesis 30:37 ← Genesis 30:38 → Genesis 30:39

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