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And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.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 31:46 word 1
יַעֲקֹ֤בya.'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 31:46 word 2
לְאֶחָיו֙le.'e.Chavto relatives his
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: brother: male-relative
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251H; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 3
לִקְט֣וּlik.Tugather
Lemma: לָקַט (la.qat) · Strong's: H3950
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to gather
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 47:14, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:17, Exodus 16:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3950; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 4
אֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.Nimstones
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: stone
Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 5
וַיִּקְח֥וּvai.yik.Chuand they took
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 6
אֲבָנִ֖ים'a.va.Nimstones
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: stone
Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 7
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ\־vai.ya.'a.su-and they made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 8
גָ֑לGala heap
Lemma: גַּל (gal) · Strong's: H1530G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: heap
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:51, Genesis 31:52, Joshua 7:26, Joshua 8:29, 2 Samuel 18:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1530G; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 9
וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּvai.Yo.khe.luand they ate
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 10
שָׁ֖םshamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 11
עַל\־'al-at
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 12
הַגָּֽל\׃ha.Galthe heap
Lemma: גַּל (gal) · Strong's: H1530G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: heap
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:51, Genesis 31:52, Joshua 7:26, Joshua 8:29, 2 Samuel 18:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1530G; TAHOT Genesis 31:46 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| and [he] | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to his relatives | → | אָח H0251H brother: male-relative |
| Gather | → | לָקַט H3950 to gather |
| [some] stones | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
| So they took | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| stones | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
| and made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| a mound | → | גַּל H1530G heap |
| and there | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| by | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the mound | → | גַּל H1530G heap |
| they ate | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
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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