Genesis 33:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּצֶּב־שָׁ֖ם מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּ֨קְרָא־ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ל אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-yaṣṣeb-there mizbēaḥ wə-yiqrāʾ-to it ʾēl ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wə-yaṣṣeb*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he erected
*mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar
*wə-yiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*ʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - El
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel

Word Meanings

*yaṣṣeb*: erected/set up/established
*mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*yiqrāʾ*: called/named
*ʾēl*: El/God
*ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
Gen 12:7-8 : 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. 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.
Gen 13:18 : 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto 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 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Gen 35:7 : 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 12:7-8
2 verses
78%
7And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
8And 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.
Gen 35:7
77%
7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Gen 26:25
76%
25And 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 35:13-15
3 verses
74%
13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.
14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.
15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
Gen 33:18-19
2 verses
74%
18And 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.
19And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.
Josh 8:30
74%
30Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
Gen 13:3-4
2 verses
73%
3And 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,
4unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
Gen 35:3
72%
3and 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.
Judg 6:24
72%
24Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Gen 28:17-19
3 verses
71%
17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Exod 17:15
71%
15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;
Gen 31:47-48
2 verses
71%
47And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
Josh 22:34
70%
34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: For, [said they], it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.
Gen 31:45
70%
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Gen 35:10
70%
10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Gen 13:18
70%
18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Gen 35:1
70%
1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
1 Kgs 18:31-32
2 verses
70%
31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
Gen 21:33
70%
33And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
Gen 31:13
70%
13I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.
1 Sam 7:17
70%
17And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Gen 22:14
70%
14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
Gen 26:33
69%
33And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Exod 20:24
69%
24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
Gen 46:1
69%
1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Gen 35:21
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21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
2 Chr 33:4
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4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Gen 21:31
68%
31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
1 Kgs 12:29
68%
29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
2 Chr 33:16
68%
16And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Josh 22:26
68%
26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:
1 Chr 21:26
68%
26And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.
Gen 28:11
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11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
1 Kgs 16:32
67%
32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.