Genesis 13:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְמַסָּעָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל עַד־הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָ֨יָה שָׁ֤ם *אהלה *אֽ͏ָהֳלוֹ֙ בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה בֵּ֥ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃

Transliteration

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 Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:6 : 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Gen 12:8-9 : 8 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. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

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