Genesis 33:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹא֩ יַעֲקֹ֨ב שָׁלֵ֜ם עִ֣יר שְׁכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן בְּבֹא֖וֹ מִפַּדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑ם וַיִּ֖חַן אֶת־פְּנֵ֥י הָעִֽיר׃

Transliteration

wə-yābōʾ yaʿăqōb šālēm ʿîr šəkem which in ʾereṣ kənaʿan in bəbōʾô from paddan ʾărām wə-yiḥan ʾet-pənê the ʿîr

Grammar Details

• *wə-yābōʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
• *šālēm*: adjective, masculine singular - safely/whole/in peace (or could be read as 'to Shalem')
• *ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *šəkem*: proper noun - Shechem
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *kənaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *bəbōʾô*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his coming
• *paddan*: proper noun - Paddan
• *ʾărām*: proper noun - Aram
• *wə-yiḥan*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he camped
• *pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of

Word Meanings

• *yābōʾ*: came/arrived at
• *šālēm*: safely/whole/in peace (or could be read as place name 'Shalem')
• *ʿîr*: city of/town of
• *bəbōʾô*: in his coming/when he came
• *yiḥan*: camped/pitched his tent
• *pənê*: face of/in front of

Referenced Verses

• Josh 24:1 : 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
• Judg 9:1 : 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
• Acts 7:16 : 16 and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
• John 4:5 : 5 So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
• Gen 25:20 : 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
• Gen 28:2 : 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
• Gen 28:6-7 : 6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:
• Gen 35:9 : 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
• Gen 46:15 : 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
• John 3:23 : 23 And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.