Genesis 29:17
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַךְ
rak
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
תִּפְאָרָה
tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
מַרְאֶה
marʼeh
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), ...
Key Terms in This Verse
מַרְאֶה marʼeh
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
Study H4758 →תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
Study H8597 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →Cross References
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are fou...
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the s...
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
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