Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Genesis.13.3", "source": "וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְמַסָּעָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל עַד־הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָ֨יָה שָׁ֤ם *אהלה *אֽ͏ָהֳלוֹ֙ בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה בֵּ֥ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃", "text": "And *wayyēlek* on *massāʿāyw* from *negeḇ* and unto *Bêṯ-ʾĒl*, unto *hammāqôm* where *hāyâ* there *ʾohŏlô* in *battĕḥillâ*, between *Bêṯ-ʾĒl* and between *hāʿĀy*.", "grammar": { "*wayyēlek*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went/journeyed", "*massāʿāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his journeys", "*negeḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - south/Negev region", "*Bêṯ-ʾĒl*": "proper noun - Bethel (house of God)", "*hammāqôm*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the place", "*hāyâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was/had been", "*ʾohŏlô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tent", "*battĕḥillâ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the beginning/at first", "*hāʿĀy*": "definite article + proper noun - the Ai" }, "variants": { "*massāʿāyw*": "his journeys/his stages/his stopping places", "*negeḇ*": "south/Negev region/southern desert", "*hammāqôm*": "the place/the site/the location", "*battĕḥillâ*": "at the beginning/at first/previously" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Genesis.12.6", "source": "וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר אַבְרָם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ עַ֚ד מְק֣וֹם שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן מוֹרֶ֑ה וְהֽ͏ַכְּנַעֲנִ֖י אָ֥ז בָּאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "And-*wayyaʿabōr* *ʾAbrām* in-the-*ʾāreṣ* unto *ʿad* *meqôm* *Šekem* unto *ʿad* *ʾēlôn* *Môreh* and-the-*Kenaʿanî* *ʾāz* in-the-*ʾāreṣ*.", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿabōr*": "conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he passed through", "*ʾAbrām*": "proper noun - Abram", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular - land", "*ʿad*": "preposition - unto/as far as", "*meqôm*": "noun masculine construct - place of", "*Šekem*": "proper noun - Shechem", "*ʾēlôn*": "noun masculine singular construct - oak/terebinth of", "*Môreh*": "proper noun - Moreh", "*Kenaʿanî*": "gentilic adjective - Canaanite", "*ʾāz*": "adverb - then/at that time", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular - land" }, "variants": { "*ʾēlôn*": "oak/terebinth/great tree", "*ʾāz*": "then/at that time/already" } }
  • Gen 12:8-9 : 8 { "verseID": "Genesis.12.8", "source": "וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לֽ͏ַיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "And-*wayyaʿtēq* from-there *hāhārāh* from-*miqqedem* to-*Bêt*-*ʾĒl* and-*wayyēṭ* *ʾāholōh* *Bêt*-*ʾĒl* from-*miyyām* and-the-*ʿAy* from-*miqqedem* and-*wayyiben*-there *mizbēaḥ* to-*YHWH* and-*wayyiqrāʾ* in-*bešēm* *YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿtēq*": "conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular hiphil - and he moved", "*hāhārāh*": "article + noun masculine + directional heh - to the mountain", "*miqqedem*": "preposition + noun masculine - from east", "*Bêt*-*ʾĒl*": "compound proper noun - Bethel (house of God)", "*wayyēṭ*": "conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he pitched", "*ʾāholōh*": "noun masculine + 3rd person masculine singular suffix + directional heh - his tent", "*miyyām*": "preposition + noun masculine - from west", "*ʿAy*": "proper noun - Ai", "*wayyiben*": "conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he built", "*mizbēaḥ*": "noun masculine singular - altar", "*wayyiqrāʾ*": "conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he called", "*bešēm*": "preposition + noun masculine - in/on the name of" }, "variants": { "*miqqedem*": "from the east/eastward/on the east", "*miyyām*": "from the west/westward/on the west/from the sea", "*wayyiqrāʾ* *bešēm*": "he called on the name/he proclaimed the name/he invoked the name" } } 9 { "verseID": "Genesis.12.9", "source": "וַיִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָל֥וֹךְ וְנָס֖וֹעַ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ פ", "text": "And-*wayyissaʿ* *ʾAbrām* *hālôk* and-*wenāsôaʿ* the-*hannegbāh*.", "grammar": { "*wayyissaʿ*": "conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he journeyed", "*ʾAbrām*": "proper noun - Abram", "*hālôk*": "infinitive absolute - going", "*wenāsôaʿ*": "conjunction + infinitive absolute - and journeying", "*hannegbāh*": "article + noun masculine + directional heh - to the Negev/southward" }, "variants": { "*hālôk* *wenāsôaʿ*": "going and journeying/continuously journeying/journeying by stages", "*hannegbāh*": "to the south/southward/to the Negev region" } }