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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 28:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:1816 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּשְׁכֵּ֨םwayašəkēm
and he rose earlyconjH7925
be up · get up · rise up) early · morning
יַעֲקֹ֜בyaʿăqōb
JacobnounH3290
בַּ/בֹּ֗קֶרbabōqer
in the morningpronH1242
early · morning · morrow
וַ/יִּקַּ֤חwayiqaḥ
and he tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אֶ֨בֶן֙hāʾeben
the stoneparticleH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
שָׂ֣םśām
he had putverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔י/וməraʾăšōtāyw
the place of head hisnounH4763
head · pillow. Compare
וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂםwayāśem
and he set upconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֹתָ֖/הּʾōtāh
itparticleH853
מַצֵּבָ֑הmaṣēbāh
a pillarnounH4676
image · pillar
וַ/יִּצֹ֥קwayiṣōq
and he pouredconjH3332
cleave fast · be firm · grow · be hard ···
שֶׁ֖מֶןšemen
oilnounH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹאשָֽׁ/הּrōʾšāh
top itsnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
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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