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Genesis 30:39

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

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וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּvayechemvand be hotיָחַםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be hot”, the next action in the storyH3179probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceiveget heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.הַצֹּ֖אןhatsonthe flockצֹאןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the flock”, the ordinary formH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַמַּקְל֑וֹתhamaqlotthe 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.וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָvateladnaand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…הַצֹּ֔אןhatsonthe flockצֹאןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the flock”, the ordinary formH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).עֲקֻדִּ֥יםaqudimring strakedעָקֹדadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “ring straked”, the ordinary formH6124striped (with bands)ring straked.נְקֻדִּ֖יםnequdimspeckledנָקֹדadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “speckled”, the ordinary formH5348spottedspeckled.וּטְלֻאִֽיםuteluimand with divers coloursטָלָאconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “and with divers colours”, a verb used as a describing wordH2921properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry)clouted, with divers colours, spotted.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted ones.

World English Bible

The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Darby Translation

And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth young speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured spots .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐνεκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα εἰς τὰς ῥάβδους· καὶ ἔτικτον τὰ πρόβατα διάλευκα καὶ ποικίλα καὶ σποδοειδῆ ῥαντά.