Genesis 30:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation
And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, ‘Give me sons, and if there is none—I die.’

King James Bible
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Hebrew
When Rachel
רָחֵ֗ל (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

saw
וַתֵּ֣רֶא (wat·tê·re)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

she was not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

bearing
יָֽלְדָה֙ (yā·lə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

any children
רָחֵ֖ל (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

for Jacob,
לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב (lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

she envied
וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א (wat·tə·qan·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious

her sister.
בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ (ba·’ă·ḥō·ṯāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

“Give
הָֽבָה־ (hā·ḇāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come

me
לִּ֣י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

children,
בָנִ֔ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

or
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I
אָנֹֽכִי׃ (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

will die!”
מֵתָ֥ה (mê·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

she said
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶֽל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Jacob.
יַעֲקֹב֙ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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