Genesis
Chapter 29
Verse 24
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Genesis 29

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24 And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 29:24. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 56
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן לָבָן֙ לָ֔הּ אֶת־זִלְפָּ֖ה שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ לְלֵאָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ שִׁפְחָֽה׃

9 word entries
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן
Lemma
c/5414
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5414
Occurrences
746
לָבָן֙
Lemma
3837 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3837
Occurrences
45
לָ֔הּ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
זִלְפָּ֖ה
Lemma
2153
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2153
Occurrences
7
שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ
Lemma
8198
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8198
Occurrences
36
לְלֵאָ֥ה
Lemma
l/3812
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3812
Occurrences
2
בִתּ֖וֹ
Lemma
1323
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1323
Occurrences
388
שִׁפְחָֽה
Lemma
8198
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8198
Occurrences
36
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Ἔδωκε δὲ Λάβαν Λείᾳ τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ζελφὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ, αὐτῇ παιδίσκην.

13 word entries
Ἔδωκε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
edoke
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it gave
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To give.
Occurrences
1384
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
Λάβαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Laban
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Laban
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Laban, personal name.
Occurrences
59
Λείᾳ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
leia
Morphology
dative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
τῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
θυγατρὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
thygatri
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
23
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Ζελφὰν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
zelphan
Morphology
aorist 3rd plural verb pattern or accusative feminine noun pattern depending on context
Gloss
they ... / ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
τὴν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
παιδίσκην
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
paidisken
Morphology
accusative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
21
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
αὐτῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
παιδίσκην
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
paidisken
Morphology
accusative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
21
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וִיהַב לָבָן לַהּ יָת זִלְפָּה אַמְתֵהּ לְלֵאָה בְרַתֵּהּ לְאַמְהוּ

9 word entries
וִיהַב
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
יהב
Transliteration
wyhb
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root יהב
Gloss
and gave, placed
Occurrences
180
לָבָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לבן
Transliteration
lbn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
55
לַהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לה
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
465
יָת
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ית
Transliteration
yt
Morphology
accusative/direct object marker
Gloss
direct object marker
Occurrences
2463
זִלְפָּה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
zlph
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
אַמְתֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'mth
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
11
לְלֵאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לאה
Transliteration
ll'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
33
בְרַתֵּהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רתה
Transliteration
brth
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
12
לְאַמְהוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'mhw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܝܗ̣ܒ ܠܗ̇ ܠܒܢ ܠܠܝܐ ܒܪܬܗ. ܠܙܠܦܐ ܐܡܬܗ ܐܡܬܐ.

8 word entries
ܘܝܗ̣ܒ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WJH#B
Morphology
W-JHB[
Occurrences
0
ܠܗ̇
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LH^
Morphology
L-H=
Occurrences
0
ܠܒܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LBN
Morphology
LBN/
Occurrences
0
ܠܠܝܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LLJ>
Morphology
L-LJ>/
Occurrences
0
ܒܪܬܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
BRTH
Morphology
BR(>/T-H
Occurrences
0
ܠܙܠܦܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LZLP>
Morphology
L-ZLP>/
Occurrences
0
ܐܡܬܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>MTH
Morphology
>M(>=/T-H
Occurrences
0
ܐܡܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>MT>
Morphology
>M(>/T~>
Occurrences
0
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

dans ancillam filiæ, Zelpham nomine. Ad quam cum ex more Jacob fuisset ingressus, facto mane vidit Liam:

17 word entries
dans
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
dans
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
ancillam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ancilla
Transliteration
ancillam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
127
filiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filia
Transliteration
filiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
566
Zelpham
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Zelpha
Transliteration
Zelpham
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
6
nomine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nomen
Transliteration
nomine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1130
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5272
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
more
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mos
Transliteration
more
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
43
Iacob
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iacob
Transliteration
Iacob
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
364
fuisset
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fuisset
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ingressus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ingressus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
561
facto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
facto
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
mane
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mane
Transliteration
mane
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
203
vidit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
vidit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
Liam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Lias
Transliteration
Liam
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
9

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 46:18

These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 24:59

So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.

2 relevance votes
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