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Genesis 35:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.


Genesis 35:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:317 words
וְנָקוּמָהwənāqûmāhAnd rise
וְנַעֲלֶהwənaʿălehAnd ascend
בֵּיתbêt
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
וְאֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśehAnd do
שָּׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
לָאֵלlāʾēlTo strength
הָעֹנֶהhāʿōnehThe eye
אֹתִיʾōtî
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
צָרָתִיṣārātîTightness
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָלָכְתִּיhālāḵətîWalk
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנָקוּמָהwənāqûmāhAnd rise
וְנַעֲלֶהwənaʿălehAnd ascend
בֵּיתbêtdirect object marker (no translation)
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
וְאֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśehAnd do
שָּׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
לָאֵלlāʾēlTo strength
הָעֹנֶהhāʿōnehThe eye
אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
צָרָתִיṣārātîTightness
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָלָכְתִּיhālāḵətîWalk

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