King James Version

Genesis 29:11

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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וַיִּשַּׁ֥קvayishaqand kissנָשַׁקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and kiss”, the next action in the storyH5401to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weaponsarmed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.יַעֲקֹ֖בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.לְרָחֵ֑לlerachelto Rachelרָחֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Rachel”H7354Rachel, a wife of JacobRachel.וַיִּשָּׂ֥אvayisaand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).קֹל֖וֹqolvosoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.וַיֵּֽבְךְּvayevekeand weepבָּכָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and weep”, the next action in the storyH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,

World English Bible

Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

Darby Translation

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

Douay-Rheims

And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice, wept.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐφίλησεν Ἰακὼβ τὴν Ῥαχὴλ, καὶ βοήσας τῇ φωνῇ αὐτοῦ ἔκλαυσε.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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