Genesis 35:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.”

Genesis 35:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:1019 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

לֹאlōʾNot

יִקָּרֵאyiqārēʾCall out to

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אִםʾimLo!

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

שְׁמֶךָšəmeḵāAppellation

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

לֹאlōʾNot

יִקָּרֵאyiqārēʾCall out to

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אִםʾimLo!

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

שְׁמֶךָšəmeḵāAppellation

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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