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Miqra according to the Masorah · Licence: CC BY-SA · Source
Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr] · Licence: Public Domain · Source
Genèse 29:17 dans toutes les traductions
English · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009
The eyes of Leah were tender. Rochel was of beautiful form and of beautiful appearance.
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English · The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
And the eyes of Leah were soft, and Rachel was of beautiful [facial] form and of beautiful [facial] appearance.
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עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah
וְעֵינֵ֥י לֵאָ֖ה רַכּ֑וֹת וְרָחֵל֙ הָֽיְתָ֔ה יְפַת־תֹּ֖אַר וִיפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃
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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)
And Leah’s eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.
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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra
וְעֵינֵ֥י לֵאָ֖ה רַכּ֑וֹת וְרָחֵל֙ הָֽיְתָ֔ה יְפַת־תֹּ֖אַר וִיפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃
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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]
Léa avait les yeux faibles; Rachel était belle de taille et belle de visage.
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Deutsch · Die fünf Bücher Moses, trans. Dr. J. Wohlgemuth, Rödelheim 1899 [de]
Und die Augen Leas waren matt, Rahel aber war von schöner Gestalt und von schönem Antlitz.
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English · Modernized Tanakh - Based on JPS 1917, Edited by Adam Cohn
And Leah’s eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and nice to look at.
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עברית · Tanach with Text Only
ועיני לאה רכות ורחל היתה יפת תאר ויפת מראה
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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud
וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת וְרָחֵל הָיְתָה יְפַת־תֹּאַר וִיפַת מַרְאֶה׃
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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]
און לאהס אױגן זײַנען געװען שלאַפֿע, און רחל איז געװען שײן אױפֿן געשטאַלט, און שײן אױפֿן פּנים,
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Deutsch · Der Pentateuch, übersetzt und erläutert von Samson Raphael Hirsch. Frankfurt am Main, 1867-1878 [de]
Leas Augen waren zart, Rachel aber war schön von Gestalt und schön von Anblick.
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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]
La okuloj de Lea estis malsanaj, sed Raĥel estis belforma kaj belvizaĝa.
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Italiano · Il Pentateuco. Traduzione italiana di Samuel David Luzzatto, 1872 [it]
Leà avea gli occhi languidi, e Rachele era di belle forme e di bell’aspetto.
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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]
A oczy Lei były mdłe; Rachel zaś była pięknej postawy i pięknego wejrzenia.
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Commentaires sur Genèse 29:17
Rashi
English
"The eyes of Leah were soft". For she supposed that she would be fated to become Esau's [wife] and she wept. For everyone used to say: "Rebecca has two two sons; Lavan has two daughters - the older [daughter] for the older [son] and the younger [daughter] for the younger [son]."
Sefaria Community Translation · Licence: CC0 · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Targum Jonathan
English
And the eyes of Leah were moist, (or dropping, running,) from weeping and praying before the Lord that he would not destine her for Esau the wicked; and Rahel was beautiful in appearance, and of a fair countenance.
The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862 · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ibn Ezra
עברית
רכות. כמשמעו ויש שואלים למה היו כן בעבור שחשבו שמחשבות השם כמחשבותיהם וכל הנבראים ראויות צורתן להיות שוות. ובן אפרים אמר שהוא חסר אלף וטעמו ארוכות והוא היה חסר אלף:
יפת תאר. כמו ותאר לכם הגבול. כל אבר כעין והאף והפה יפה:
ומראה הכל יפה. או מראה על עין הפנים הנראה:
On Your Way · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Rashbam
English
רכות, beautiful; our sages in Taanit 24 say that when a prospective bride has beautiful eyes, the bridegroom need not have the rest of her body checked out for possible blemishes. Black eyes are not considered as beautiful as white ones. [I suppose the reference is to blue ones. Ed.]
יפה תאר, as in Isaiah 44,13 במחוגה יתארהו, “he marks out a form with a stylus.” This is a reference to the shape of her nose, forehead, lips and cheeks.
יפה מראה, healthy looking skin.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Sforno
English
יפת תאר, possessed of beautiful features, as described in Isaiah 44,13 ובמחוגה יתארהו.
ויפת מראה, her skin looked very healthy. Colour is something which attracts closer inspection by the sense of sight.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Radak (David Kimhi)
English
ועיני לאה רכות, although her eyes were beautiful, they had a habit of breaking out in tears constantly. She was given to weeping excessively.
יפת תאר ויפת מראה, but Rachel suffered from no physical blemish at all, but was perfect both in shape and in facial features. The word מראה describes the appearance of one’s skin, healthy or otherwise, as well as the colour of her hair, i.e. black. In other words, the part of one’s body normally visible to all is described as מראה.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Da'at Zekenim
English
ועיני לאה רכות, “Leah’s eyes were soft, so that due to her beautiful eyes she appeared beautiful all over,”[the expression רך appears next to טוב, “good, when” the calf served by Avraham to the angels in Genesis 18,7 is described) in contrast to Rachel, whose body was beautiful, but whose eyes detracted from this as she cried a lot, fearing that her lot would be to be married to Esau after Yaakov would divorce her due to her barrenness. (No source quoted for this unusual interpretation)
Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria