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← Genesis 31 · ← verse 47 · verse 49 →

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.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 31:48 word 1

לָבָ֔ןla.VanLaban

Lemma: לָבָן (la.van) · Strong's: H3837A

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Laban

Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 25:20, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 28:2, Genesis 28:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3837A; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 2

הַגַּ֨לha.Galthe heap

Lemma: גַּל (gal) · Strong's: H1530G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: heap

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 31:46, Genesis 31:51, Genesis 31:52, Joshua 7:26, Joshua 8:29, 2 Samuel 18:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1530G; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 3

הַזֶּ֥הha.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 31:48 word 4

עֵ֛ד'ed[is] a witness

Lemma: עֵד (ed) · Strong's: H5707

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: witness

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 22:13, Exodus 23:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5707; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 5

בֵּינִ֥יbei.Nibetween me

Lemma: בַּ֫יִן (ba.yin) · Strong's: H0996G

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)

Meaning: between

Used 379 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0996G; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 6

וּבֵינְךָ֖u.vei.ne.Khaand between you

Lemma: בַּ֫יִן (ba.yin) · Strong's: H0996G

Parsing: Acmsc (Acmsc)

Meaning: between

Used 379 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0996G; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 7

הַיּ֑וֹםhai.Yomthis day

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 8

עַל\־'al-there-

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 31:48 word 9

כֵּ֥ןken-fore

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 10

קָרָֽא\־ka.ra'-he called

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to call: call by

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 11

שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname its

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 12

גַּלְעֵֽד\׃gal.'EdGaleed

Lemma: גַּלְעֵד (gal.ed) · Strong's: H1567

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Galeed

Used 2 times. Also: Genesis 31:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1567; TAHOT Genesis 31:48 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Then Laban→לָבָן H3837A Laban
declared→אָמַר H0559 to say
This→זֶה H2088 this
mound→גַּל H1530G heap
is a witness→עֵד H5707 witness
between you→בַּ֫יִן H0996G between
and me→בַּ֫יִן H0996G between
this day→יוֹם H3117G day
Therefore→עַל H5921A upon
. . .→כֵּן H3651C so
the place was called→קָרָא H7121H to call: call by
. . .→שֵׁם H8034 name
Galeed→גַּלְעֵד H1567 Galeed

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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