Genesis 35:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב ל֗וּזָה אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן הִ֖וא בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל ה֖וּא וְכָל־הָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyābōʾ yaʿăqōb lûzâ ʾăšer in bȇʾereṣ kȇnaʿan, hîʾ bêt-ʾēl, hûʾ and kol-hāʿām ʾăšer-ʿimmô.

Grammar Details

*wayyābōʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he came
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, subject - Jacob
*lûzâ*: proper noun with directional suffix - to Luz
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - which
*bȇʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular construct noun - in the land of
*kȇnaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
*hîʾ*: 3rd feminine singular personal pronoun - it [is]
*bêt-ʾēl*: construct noun + proper noun - Bethel/house of God
*hûʾ*: 3rd masculine singular personal pronoun - he
*kol-hāʿām*: construct noun + article + masculine singular noun - all the people
*ʾăšer-ʿimmô*: relative particle + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - who [were] with him

Word Meanings

*lûzâ*: to Luz (former name of Bethel)
*bȇʾereṣ kȇnaʿan*: in the land of Canaan
*bêt-ʾēl*: Bethel/house of God
*hāʿām*: the people/the group/the community

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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.
Gen 28:22 : 22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Judg 1:22-26 : 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.) 24 And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee. 25 And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
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.

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