Genesis 33:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.”
Genesis 33:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 33:208 words
וַיַּצֶּבwayaṣevAnd station
שָׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
לוֹlwōTo
אֵלʾēlStrength
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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