Genesis 46:25
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
בִּלְהָה
Bilhâh
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
לָבָן
Lâbân
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Key Terms in This Verse
בִּלְהָה Bilhâh
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
Study H1090 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →בֵּן bên
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.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
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