Genesis 29:20
Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.This verse in the real world
In what words
- רָחֵלRâchêlRachel, a wife of Jacob
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by
- שָׁנֶהshâneha year (as a revolution of time)
- אֶחָדʼechâdproperly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.