Genesis 48:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Young's Literal Translation
‘And I—in my coming in from Padan- [Aram] Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which [is] Bethlehem.’

King James Bible
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet [there was] but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same [is] Bethlehem.

Hebrew
Now as for me,
וַאֲנִ֣י ׀ (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

when I was returning
בְּבֹאִ֣י (bə·ḇō·’î)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from Paddan,
מִפַּדָּ֗ן (mip·pad·dān)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6307: Paddan-aram -- the place where Rachel died

to my sorrow
עָלַ֨י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

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

died
מֵ֩תָה֩ (mê·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

along the way
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

in the land
בְּאֶ֤רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Canaan,
כְּנַ֙עַן֙ (kə·na·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

some distance
כִּבְרַת־ (kiḇ·raṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3530: Length, a measure

from Ephrath.
אֶפְרָ֑תָה (’ep̄·rā·ṯāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 672: Ephrath -- an Israelite woman, also the name of several places in Palestine

So I buried
וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ (wā·’eq·bə·re·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

her there
שָּׁם֙ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

beside the road
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to Ephrath”
אֶפְרָ֔ת (’ep̄·rāṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 672: Ephrath -- an Israelite woman, also the name of several places in Palestine

(that
הִ֖וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

[is],
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew

Bethlehem).
לָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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