Genesis 35:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ ע֔וֹד בְּבֹא֖וֹ מִפַּדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑ם וַיְבָ֖רֶךְ אֹתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyērāʾ ʾĕlōhîm unto yaʿăqōb ʿôd in his bȇbōʾô from mippaddan ʾărām, and wayȇbārek ʾōtô.

Grammar Details

• *wayyērāʾ*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he appeared
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun, subject - God
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, indirect object - Jacob
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/still/yet
• *bȇbōʾô*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his coming
• *mippaddan*: preposition + proper noun - from Paddan
• *ʾărām*: proper noun - Aram
• *wayȇbārek*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he blessed
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him

Word Meanings

• *wayyērāʾ*: and he appeared/and he was seen/and he showed himself
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
• *ʿôd*: again/still/yet/once more
• *bȇbōʾô*: in his coming/when he came/upon his return
• *paddan ʾărām*: Paddan-aram (geographic region)
• *wayȇbārek*: and he blessed/and he pronounced blessing upon

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:1 : 1 And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
• Gen 26:2 : 2 And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
• Gen 35:1 : 1 And 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 12:7 : 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.
• Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Gen 46:2-3 : 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
• Gen 48:3-4 : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
• Jer 31:3 : 3 Jehovah appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
• Hos 12:4 : 4 yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,
• Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, {G435} Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
• Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
• Gen 31:3 : 3 And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
• Gen 31:11-13 : 11 And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I 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 32:1 : 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
• Gen 32:24-30 : 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 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. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.