Genesis 28:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.”

Genesis 28:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:1816 words

וַיַּשְׁכֵּםwayašəkēmAnd load up

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾet—

הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

שָׂםśāmPut

מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיוməraʾăšōtāywHeadpiece

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

מַצֵּבָהmaṣēvāhStationed

וַיִּצֹקwayiṣōqAnd pour out

שֶׁמֶןšemenGrease

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשָׁהּrōʾšāhHead

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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