Genesis 35:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבֶּ֨ר אִתּ֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqrāʾ yaʿăqōb ʾet-šēm the hammāqôm where ʾăšer dibber with him ʾittô there šām ʾĕlōhîm bêt-ʾēl.

Grammar Details

*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, subject - Jacob
*ʾet-šēm*: direct object marker + masculine singular construct noun - the name of
*hammāqôm*: article + masculine singular noun - the place
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - where
*dibber*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
*ʾittô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
*šām*: adverb - there
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun, subject - God
*bêt-ʾēl*: construct noun + proper noun - Bethel/house of God

Word Meanings

*wayyiqrāʾ*: and he called/and he named
*hammāqôm*: the place/the site/the location
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
*bêt-ʾēl*: Bethel/house of 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 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Similar Verses (AI)

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6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
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Gen 35:13-14
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13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.
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16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.
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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.
20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Gen 35:1
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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.
Gen 35:3
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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.
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45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
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Gen 31:13
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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.
Gen 12:8
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Gen 35:9-10
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Gen 26:33
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