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And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. (KJV)
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וַיִּיקַ֣ץvai.yi.Katzand he awoke
Lemma: יָקַץ (ya.qats) · Strong's: H3364
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to awake
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 9:24, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:21, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3364; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 1
יַעֲקֹב֮ya.'a.KoJacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 2
מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒mi.she.na.Tofrom sleep his
Lemma: שֵׁנָה (she.nah) · Strong's: H8142
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sleep
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 31:40, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Esther 6:1, Job 14:12, Psalms 76:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8142; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 3
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 4
אָכֵן֙'a.Khentruly
Lemma: אָכֵן (a.khen) · Strong's: H0403
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: surely
Used 18 times. Also: Exodus 2:14, 1 Samuel 15:32, 1 Kings 11:2, Job 32:8, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 66:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0403; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 5
יֵ֣שׁyeshthere
Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: there
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 18:24, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 31:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3426; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 6
יְהוָ֔הYah.weh[is] Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 7
בַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.Komin the place
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 8
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 9
וְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.Khiand I
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 10
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 11
יָדָֽעְתִּי\׃ya.Da.'e.tiI realized
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Genesis 28:16 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| woke up | → | יָקַץ H3364 to awake |
| . . . | → | שֵׁנָה H8142 sleep |
| he said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Surely | → | אָכֵן H0403 surely |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| is | → | יֵשׁ H3426 there |
| in this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| place | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| and I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| was unaware of it | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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