שְׂנוּאָ֣ה am unloved , śə·nū·’āh וַיִּתֶּן־ He has given way·yit·ten- לִ֖י me lî זֶ֑ה this [son] zeh גַּם־ as well . ” gam- אֶת־ - ’eṯ- וַתִּקְרָ֥א So she named him wat·tiq·rā שְׁמ֖וֹ . . . šə·mōw שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃ Simeon . šim·‘ō·wn Genesis 29:34 עוֹד֮ Once again ‘ō·wḏ וַתַּ֣הַר [Leah] conceived wat·ta·har וַתֵּ֣לֶד and gave birth to wat·tê·leḏ בֵּן֒ a son , bên וַתֹּ֗אמֶר and she said , wat·tō·mer עַתָּ֤ה “ Now ‘at·tāh הַפַּ֙עַם֙ at last hap·pa·‘am אִישִׁי֙ my husband ’î·šî יִלָּוֶ֤ה will become attached yil·lā·weh אֵלַ֔י to me , ’ê·lay כִּֽי־ because kî- יָלַ֥דְתִּי I have borne yā·laḏ·tî ל֖וֹ him lōw שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה three šə·lō·šāh בָנִ֑ים sons . ” ḇā·nîm עַל־ So ‘al- כֵּ֥ן . . . kên קָרָֽא־ he was named qā·rā- שְׁמ֖וֹ . . . šə·mōw לֵוִֽי׃ Levi . lê·wî Genesis 29:35 ע֜וֹד And once more ‘ō·wḏ וַתַּ֨הַר she conceived wat·ta·har וַתֵּ֣לֶד and gave birth to wat·tê·leḏ בֵּ֗ן a son bên וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ and said , wat·tō·mer הַפַּ֙עַם֙ “ This time hap·pa·‘am אוֹדֶ֣ה I will praise ’ō·w·ḏeh אֶת־ - ’eṯ- יְהוָ֔ה YHWH . ” Yah·weh עַל־ So ‘al- כֵּ֛ן . . . kên קָרְאָ֥ה she named him qā·rə·’āh שְׁמ֖וֹ . . . šə·mōw יְהוּדָ֑ה Judah . yə·hū·ḏāh וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד Then Leah stopped wat·ta·‘ă·mōḏ מִלֶּֽדֶת׃ having children . mil·le·ḏeṯ Genesis 30:1 רָחֵ֗ל When Rachel rā·ḥêl וַתֵּ֣רֶא saw wat·tê·re כִּ֣י that kî לֹ֤א she was not lō יָֽלְדָה֙ bearing yā·lə·ḏāh רָחֵ֖ל any children rā·ḥêl לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב for Jacob , lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א she envied wat·tə·qan·nê בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ her sister . ba·’ă·ḥō·ṯāh הָֽבָה־ “ Give hā·ḇāh- לִּ֣י me lî בָנִ֔ים children , ḇā·nîm וְאִם־ or wə·’im- אַ֖יִן . . . ’a·yin אָנֹֽכִי׃ I ’ā·nō·ḵî מֵתָ֥ה will die ! ” mê·ṯāh וַתֹּ֤אמֶר she said wat·tō·mer אֶֽל־ to ’el- יַעֲקֹב֙ Jacob . ya·‘ă·qōḇ Genesis 30:2 יַעֲקֹ֖ב Jacob ya·‘ă·qōḇ וַיִּֽחַר־ became angry way·yi·ḥar- אַ֥ף . . . ’ap̄ בְּרָחֵ֑ל with Rachel bə·rā·ḥêl וַיֹּ֗אמֶר and said , way·yō·mer אָנֹ֔כִי “ Am I ’ā·nō·ḵî הֲתַ֤חַת in the place hă·ṯa·ḥaṯ אֱלֹהִים֙ of God , ’ĕ·lō·hîm אֲשֶׁר־ who ’ă·šer- מָנַ֥ע has withheld mā·na‘ פְּרִי־ children pə·rî- בָֽטֶן׃ . . . ḇā·ṭen מִמֵּ֖ךְ from you ? ” mim·mêḵ Genesis 30:3 וַתֹּ֕אמֶר Then she said , wat·tō·mer הִנֵּ֛ה “ Here hin·nêh אֲמָתִ֥י is my maidservant ’ă·mā·ṯî בִלְהָ֖ה Bilhah . ḇil·hāh בֹּ֣א Sleep with bō אֵלֶ֑יהָ her , ’ê·le·hā וְתֵלֵד֙ that she may bear children wə·ṯê·lêḏ עַל־ vvv ‘al-

