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Genesis 31:14

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

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וַתַּ֤עַןvataanand shoutעָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and shout”, the next action in the storyH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…רָחֵל֙rachelRachelרָחֵלnoun, proper name — “Rachel”H7354Rachel, a wife of JacobRachel.וְלֵאָ֔הveleahand Leahלֵאָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Leah”H3812Leah, a wife of JacobLeah.וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָהvatomarnahand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…ל֑וֹlvotoל֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toהַע֥וֹדhaodagainעוֹדparticle, interrogative, adverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).לָ֛נוּlanvtoלָ֛נוּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to”toחֵ֥לֶקcheleqflatteryחֵלֶקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “flattery”, the ordinary formH2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotmentflattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.וְנַחֲלָ֖הvenachalahand heritageנַחֲלָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and heritage”, the ordinary formH5159properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portionheritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).בְּבֵ֥יתbeveytin familyבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…אָבִֽינוּavinvfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: 'Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Young’s Literal Translation

And Rachel answereth — Leah also — and saith to him, 'Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

World English Bible

Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Darby Translation

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Douay-Rheims

And Rachel and Lia answered: Have we any thing left among the goods and inheritance of our father’s house?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: 'Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀποκριθεῖσαι Ῥαχὴλ καὶ Λεία εἶπαν αὐτῷ, μὴ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἔτι μερὶς ἢ κληρονομία ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν;