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requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend <BR> 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate <BR> 1a3) to make, constitute <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned <BR> 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted <BR> 1c) (Hophal) <BR> 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up <BR> 1c2) to be put upon">5414</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5414 -- Occurrence 71 of 2011">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וַתִּתֶּן־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vattitten_5414.htm" title="vat·tit·ten-: gave -- Occurrence 4 of 21.">wat-tit-ten-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">And she gave</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular">Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"> </span> </td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">ל֛וֹ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm" title="lo">lōw</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition :: third person masculine singular">Prep | 3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative">853</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 853 -- Occurrence 543 of 11050">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֶת־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/et_853.htm" title="'et-: - -- Occurrence 353 of 7034.">’eṯ-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">him</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Direct object marker">DirObjM</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1090.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1090: Bilhah = 'troubled' <BR> n pr f <BR> 1) Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali <BR> n prloc <BR> 2) a city in Simeon">1090</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1090.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1090 -- Occurrence 3 of 11">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">בִּלְהָ֥ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/bilhah_1090.htm" title="bil·Hah: Bilhah -- Occurrence 2 of 5.">bil-hāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Bilhah</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - proper - feminine singular">N-proper-fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8198.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8198: 1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl <BR> 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) <BR> 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)">8198</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8198.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8198 -- Occurrence 15 of 63">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/shifchatah_8198.htm" title="shif·cha·Tah: her maid -- Occurrence 2 of 3.">šip̄-ḥā-ṯāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">her maidservant</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular construct :: third person feminine singular">N-fsc | 3fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female <BR> 1a) woman (opposite of man) <BR> 1b) wife (woman married to a man)<BR> 1c) female (of animals) <BR> 1d) each, every (pronoun)">802</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 802 -- Occurrence 110 of 781">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְאִשָּׁ֑ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/leishshah_802.htm" title="le·'ish·Shah;: A wife -- Occurrence 9 of 53.">lə-’iš-šāh;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">as wife</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - feminine singular">Prep-l | N-fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to enter, come in <BR> 1a2) to come <BR> 1a2a) to come with <BR> 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) <BR> 1a2c) to come to pass <BR> 1a3) to attain to <BR> 1a4) to be enumerated <BR> 1a5) to go <BR> 1b) (Hiphil) <BR> 1b1) to lead in <BR> 1b2) to carry in <BR> 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon <BR> 1b4) to bring to pass <BR> 1c) (Hophal) <BR> 1c1) to be brought, brought in <BR> 1c2) to be introduced, be put">935</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 935 -- Occurrence 96 of 2573">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וַיָּבֹ֥א<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vaiyavo_935.htm" title="vai·ya·Vo: went -- Occurrence 13 of 263.">way-yā-ḇō</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and went in</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular">Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) <BR> 2) into (limit is actually entered) <BR> 2a) in among <BR> 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) <BR> 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) <BR> 5) in addition to, to <BR> 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of <BR> 7) according to (rule or standard) <BR> 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) <BR> 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)">413</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 413 -- Occurrence 230 of 5504">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֵלֶ֖יהָ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/eleiha_413.htm" title="'e·Lei·ha: and -- Occurrence 11 of 79.">’ê-le-hā</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to her</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition :: third person feminine singular">Prep | 3fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob = 'heel holder' or 'supplanter'<BR> 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel">3290</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3290 -- Occurrence 49 of 349">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יַעֲקֹֽב׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yaako_3290.htm" title="ya·'a·Ko.: Jacob -- Occurrence 43 of 269.">ya-‘ă-qōḇ.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Jacob</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - proper - masculine singular">N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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case.">אֶת־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1090.htm" title="bil·hah: Bilhah -- 1090: a concubine of Jacob">בִּלְהָ֥ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8198.htm" title="shif·cha·tah: her maid -- 8198: maid, maidservant">שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/802.htm" title="le·'i·shah;: A wife -- 802: woman, wife, female">לְאִשָּׁ֑ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/935.htm" title="vai·ya·vo: went -- 935: to come in, come, go in, go">וַיָּבֹ֥א</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/413.htm" title="e·lei·ha: and -- 413: to, into, towards">אֵלֶ֖יהָ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3290.htm" title="ya·'a·kov.: Jacob -- 3290: a son of Isaac, also his desc.">יַעֲקֹֽב׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/genesis/30.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5414.htm" title="nathan (naw-than') -- add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast">And she gave</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1090.htm" title="Bilhah (bil-haw') -- Bilhah">him Bilhah</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8198.htm" title="shiphchah (shif-khaw') -- (bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant">her handmaid</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/802.htm" title="'ishshah (ish-shaw') -- (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman">to wife</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3290.htm" title="Ya'aqob (yah-ak-obe') -- Jacob">and Jacob</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/935.htm" title="bow' (bo) -- abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry">went in unto her</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/genesis/30.htm">בראשית 30:4 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וַתִּתֶּן־לֹ֛ו אֶת־בִּלְהָ֥ה שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ יַעֲקֹֽב׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/genesis/30.htm">בראשית 30:4 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">ותתן־לו את־בלהה שפחתה לאשה ויבא אליה יעקב׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/genesis/30.htm">בראשית 30:4 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">ותתן־לו את־בלהה שפחתה לאשה ויבא אליה יעקב׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/genesis/30.htm">בראשית 30:4 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">ותתן לו את בלהה שפחתה לאשה ויבא אליה יעקב׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/genesis/30-4.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/30.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">to wife.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/16-3.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 16:3</span> And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/21-10.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 21:10</span> Why she said to Abraham, Cast out this female slave and her son: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/22-24.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 22:24</span> And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bore also Tebah, and …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/25-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 25:1,6</span> Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/33-2.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 33:2</span> And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/35-22.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 35:22</span> And it came to pass, when Israel dwelled in that land, that Reuben …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/2_samuel/12-11.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">2 Samuel 12:11</span> Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you 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