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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 35:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:716 words
וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build
שָׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
לַמָּקוֹםlamāqwōmTo standing
אֵלʾēlStrength
בֵּיתbêt
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁםšāmThere
נִגְלוּnigəlûDenude
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
בְּבָרְחוֹbəvārəḥwōIn bolt
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build
שָׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
לַמָּקוֹםlamāqwōmTo standing
אֵלʾēlStrength
בֵּיתbêtdirect object marker (no translation)
אֵלʾēlBeth-El
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁםšāmThere
נִגְלוּnigəlûDenude
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
בְּבָרְחוֹbəvārəḥwōIn bolt
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

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