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Genesis 35:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.


Genesis 35:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:1512 words
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾet
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
שָׁםšāmThere
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בֵּיתbêt
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
שָׁםšāmThere
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בֵּיתbêtdirect object marker (no translation)
אֵלʾēlBeth-El

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