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Genesis 28:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.


Genesis 28:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:1115 words
וַיִּפְגַּעwayip̄əgaʿAnd impinge
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
וַיָּלֶןwayālenAnd stop
שָׁםšāmThere
כִּיRelative conjunction
בָאvāʾGo
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
מֵאַבְנֵיmēʾavənêFrom stone
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיוməraʾăšōtāywHeadpiece
וַיִּשְׁכַּבwayišəkavAnd lie down
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּפְגַּעwayip̄əgaʿAnd impinge
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
וַיָּלֶןwayālenAnd stop
שָׁםšāmThere
כִּיRelative conjunction
בָאvāʾGo
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
מֵאַבְנֵיmēʾavənêFrom stone
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיוməraʾăšōtāywHeadpiece
וַיִּשְׁכַּבwayišəkavAnd lie down
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

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