King James Version

Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

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וַיִּֽקַּֽחvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.ל֣וֹlvotoל֣וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toיַעֲקֹ֗בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.מַקַּ֥לmaqalstaffמַקֵּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “staff”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4731a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)rod, (hand-)staff.לִבְנֶ֛הlivnehpoplarלִבְנֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “poplar”, the ordinary formH3839some sort of whitish tree, perhaps the storaxpoplar.לַ֖חlachgreenלַחadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “green”, the ordinary formH3892fresh, i.e. unused or undriedgreen, moist.וְל֣וּזveluzand hazelלוּזconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and hazel”, the ordinary formH3869some kind of nuttree, perhaps the almondhazel.וְעֶרְמ֑וֹןveermonand chestnut treeעַרְמוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and chestnut tree”, the ordinary formH6196the plane tree (from its smooth and shed bark)chestnut tree.וַיְפַצֵּ֤לvayfatseland pillפָּצַלconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and pill”, the next action in the storyH6478to peelpill.בָּהֵן֙baheninבָּהֵן֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “in”inפְּצָל֣וֹתpetsalotstrakeפְּצָלָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “strake”, the ordinary formH6479a peelingstrake.לְבָנ֔וֹתlevanotwhiteלָבָןadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “white”, the ordinary formH3836whitewhite.מַחְשֹׂף֙machsofmade appearמַחְשֹׂףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “made appear”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4286a peelingmade appear.הַלָּבָ֔ןhalavanthe whiteלָבָןdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “the white”, the ordinary formH3836whitewhite.אֲשֶׁ֖רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַמַּקְלֽוֹתhamaqlotthe staffמַקֵּלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the staff”, the ordinary formH4731a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)rod, (hand-)staff.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods,

World English Bible

Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Darby Translation

And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.

Douay-Rheims

And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane-tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔλαβε δὲ ἑαυτῷ Ἰακὼβ ῥάβδον στυρακίνην χλωρὰν καὶ καρυΐνην καὶ πλατάνου· καὶ ἐλέπισεν αὐτὰς Ἰακὼβ λεπίσματα λευκά· καὶ περισύρων τὸ χλωρὸν, ἐφαίνετο ἐπὶ ταῖς ῥάβδοις τὸ λευκὸν, ὃ ἐλέπισε, ποικίλον.