Genesis 30:38
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
רַהַט
rahaṭ
a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
יָחַם
yâcham
probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
רַהַט rahaṭ
a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines)
Study H7298 →מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →Cross References
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