Genesis 22:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֧א אַבְרָהָ֛ם שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא יְהוָ֣ה ׀ יִרְאֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר הַיּ֔וֹם בְּהַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה יֵרָאֶֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqrāʾ ʾabrāhām šēm-the-māqôm the-hûʾ YHWH yirʾeh ʾăšer yēʾāmēr the-yôm in-har YHWH yērāʾeh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiqrāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
• *šēm*: masculine singular construct noun - name of
• *māqôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the place
• *hûʾ*: demonstrative pronoun with definite article - that
• *yirʾeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will see/provide
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *yēʾāmēr*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is said
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the day
• *har*: masculine singular construct noun - mountain of
• *yērāʾeh*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be seen/provided

Word Meanings

• *yirʾeh*: will see/will provide/will look after
• *yēʾāmēr*: it is said/it will be said/it is spoken
• *yērāʾeh*: will be seen/will be provided/will appear

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:8 : 8 And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.
• Exod 17:15 : 15 Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:
• Judg 6:24 : 24 Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• Ps 22:4-5 : 4 Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour. 5 They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
• Ezek 48:35 : 35 It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.
• Gen 16:13-14 : 13 And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living? 14 So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life: 9 Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead: 10 Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
• Dan 3:17-25 : 17 If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe. 18 But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold which you have put up. 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times more than it was generally heated. 20 And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put cords on Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the burning and flaming fire. 21 Then these men had cords put round them as they were, in their coats, their trousers, their hats, and their clothing, and were dropped into the burning and flaming fire. 22 And because the king's order was not to be put on one side, and the heat of the fire was so great, the men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were burned to death by the flame of the fire. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, with the cords about them, went down into the burning and flaming fire. 24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar, full of fear and wonder, got up quickly, and said to his wise men, Did we not put three men in cords into the fire? and they made answer and said to the king, True, O King. 25 He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
• Mic 4:10 : 10 Be in pain, make sounds of grief, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth: for now you will go out of the town, living in the open country, and will come even to Babylon; there you will have salvation; there the Lord will make you free from the hands of your haters.
• 1 Sam 7:12 : 12 Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.
• Deut 32:36 : 36 For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.
• Gen 28:19 : 19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
• Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
• Gen 22:13 : 13 And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
• John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.