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Genesis 31:48 — King James Version← Study notes

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;


Genesis 31:48Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:4813 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הַגַּלhagalThe rolled
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
עֵדʿēdWitness
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵינְךָûvênəḵāAnd between
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
גַּלְעֵדgaləʿēdGaled
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הַגַּלhagalThe rolled
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
עֵדʿēdWitness
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵינְךָûvênəḵāAnd between
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
גַּלְעֵדgaləʿēdGaled

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