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And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (KJV)
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וַיַּצֶּב\־vai.ya.tzev-and he set up
Lemma: נָצַב (na.tsav) · Strong's: H5324
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to stand
Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 21:28, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5324; TAHOT Genesis 33:20 word 1
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 33:20 word 2
מִזְבֵּ֑חַmiz.Be.achan altar
Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: altar
Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Genesis 33:20 word 3
וַיִּ֨קְרָא\־vai.Yik.ra'-and he called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Genesis 33:20 word 4
אֵ֖ל'elEl
Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: El (Elohe)
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0410I; TAHOT Genesis 33:20 word 5
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiElohe
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: (LORD)-Elohe
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430H; TAHOT Genesis 33:20 word 6
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \סYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
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 33:20 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| he set up | → | נָצַב H5324 to stand |
| an altar | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| and called | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| it | → | |
| El-Elohe-Israel | → | אֵל H0410I El (Elohe) |
| . . . | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430H (LORD)-Elohe |
| . . . | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
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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