Genesis 29:16
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָבָן
Lâbân
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
קָטָן
qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָטָן qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Study H6996 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →Cross References
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Isra...
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
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