Genesis 31:48 Go deeper
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And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; (KJV)
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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
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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