Genesis 21:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּטַּ֥ע אֶ֖שֶׁל בִּבְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיִּ֨קְרָא־שָׁ֔ם בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֵ֥ל עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And yiṭṭaʿ ʾešel in-Bəʾēr Šābaʿ and yiqrāʾ-there in-šēm YHWH ʾēl ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction with consecutive imperfect - and (sequential action)
*yiṭṭaʿ*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - he planted
*ʾešel*: masculine singular noun - tamarisk tree
*bi-*: preposition - in
*Bəʾēr*: proper noun, construct - well of
*Šābaʿ*: proper noun - Sheba/seven
*yiqrāʾ*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - he called
*šām*: adverb - there
*bə-*: preposition - in/on
*šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
*ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God
*ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - eternity/everlasting

Word Meanings

*yiṭṭaʿ*: planted/established
*ʾešel*: tamarisk tree/grove/orchard
*yiqrāʾ* *šām* *bə-šēm*: called there on the name/invoked there the name
*ʾēl* *ʿôlām*: Everlasting God/Eternal God

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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 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 12:8 : 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.
Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
Amos 8:14 : 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Rom 1:20 : 20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only {G4680} God, [be] honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Judg 3:7 : 7 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Gen 26:23 : 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Gen 26:25 : 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Gen 26:33 : 33 And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Deut 16:21 : 21 Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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