Genesis 12:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לֽ͏ַיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

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 Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *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

Referenced Verses

• Neh 11:31 : 31 The children of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
• Gen 4:26 : 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.
• Gen 21:33 : 33 And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
• Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
• Gen 35:3 : 3 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.
• Gen 35:15-16 : 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
• Josh 7:2 : 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
• Josh 8:3 : 3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
• Josh 8:17 : 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
• Josh 18:22 : 22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
• Gen 13:4 : 4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
• Ps 116:4 : 4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
• Isa 10:28 : 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;
• Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.
• Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
• Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same [Lord] is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him: 13 for, {G302} Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, {G5037} their [Lord] and ours: