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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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּפְגַּ֨עwayipəgaʿ
and he reachedconjH6293
cause to entreat · fall · make intercession · intercessor ···
בַּ/מָּק֜וֹםbamāqwōm
the placepronH4725
home · open · place · room ···
וַ/יָּ֤לֶןwayālen
and he stayed the nightconjH3885
continue · dwell · endure · grudge ···
שָׁם֙šām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בָ֣אbāʾ
it had goneverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhašemeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
וַ/יִּקַּח֙wayiqaḥ
and he tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מֵ/אַבְנֵ֣יmēʾabənēy
one of the stones ofpronH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
הַ/מָּק֔וֹםhamāqwōm
the placeparticleH4725
home · open · place · room ···
וַ/יָּ֖שֶׂםwayāśem
and he put itconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑י/וməraʾăšōtāyw
the place of head hisnounH4763
head · pillow. Compare
וַ/יִּשְׁכַּ֖בwayišəkab
and he lay downconjH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
בַּ/מָּק֥וֹםbamāqwōm
in the placepronH4725
home · open · place · room ···
הַ/הֽוּאhahwʾ
thatparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Elena PetrovaNote2mo ago
He Took One of the Stones
After the dream at Bethel, Jacob takes one of the stones he slept on and sets it up as a pillar. He's making the dream concrete, creating a memorial. I do something similar - I journal spiritual mome...
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