Genesis 35:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.”
Genesis 35:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 35:716 words
וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build
שָׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
לַמָּקוֹםlamāqwōmTo standing
אֵלʾēlStrength
בֵּיתbêt—
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
שָׁםšāmThere
נִגְלוּnigəlûDenude
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
בְּבָרְחוֹbəvārəḥwōIn bolt
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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