Genesis 12:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.”
Genesis 12:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 12:820 words
וַיַּעְתֵּקwayaʿətēqAnd remove
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
הָהָרָהhāhārāhThe mountain
מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front
לְבֵיתləvêtTo
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch
אָהֳלֹהʾāhŏlōhTent
בֵּיתbêt—
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
מִיָּםmîmFrom sea
וְהָעַיwəhāʿayAnd the Ai
מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front
וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build
שָׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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