Genesis 35:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So it was named Allon Bacuth (Oak of Weeping).

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתָּ֤מָת דְּבֹרָה֙ מֵינֶ֣קֶת רִבְקָ֔ה וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר מִתַּ֥חַת לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הָֽאַלּ֑וֹן וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ אַלּ֥וֹן בָּכֽוּת׃ פ

Transliteration

And wattāmot dȇbōrâ mêneqet ribqâ and wattiqābēr mittaḥat to lȇbêt-ʾēl taḥat the hāʾallôn and wayyiqrāʾ its šȇmô ʾallôn bākût.

Grammar Details

• *wattāmot*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she died
• *dȇbōrâ*: proper noun, subject - Deborah
• *mêneqet*: feminine singular construct noun - nurse of
• *ribqâ*: proper noun - Rebekah
• *wattiqābēr*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she was buried
• *mittaḥat*: preposition + preposition - from under/below
• *lȇbêt-ʾēl*: preposition + construct noun + proper noun - to Bethel
• *taḥat*: preposition - under
• *hāʾallôn*: article + masculine singular noun - the oak
• *wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
• *šȇmô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its name
• *ʾallôn*: masculine singular noun - oak/terebinth
• *bākût*: feminine singular noun - weeping

Word Meanings

• *mêneqet*: nurse/wet-nurse/caretaker
• *mittaḥat lȇbêt-ʾēl*: below Bethel/under Bethel
• *hāʾallôn*: the oak/the terebinth/the large tree
• *ʾallôn bākût*: oak of weeping/terebinth of mourning/tree of lamentation

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and its name was called Allonbachuth.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Than dyed Deborr Rebeccas norse and was buryed benethe Bethell vnder an ooke. And the name of it was called the ooke of lamentation.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then dyed Debora Rebeccas norse, and was buried beneth Bethel vnder the Oke, and it was called the Oke of lamentacion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Deborah Rebekahs nourse dyed, and was buried beneath Beth-el vnder an oke: and he called the name of it Allon Bachuth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But Debora Rebeccas nurse died, and was buryed beneath Bethel vnder an oke: and the name of it was called, the oke of lamentation.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  (Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)

Referenced Verses

• Gen 24:59 : 59 So they sent away their sister Rebekah, along with her nurse, Abraham's servant, and his men.
• Judg 2:1 : 1 The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, 'I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, I will never break my covenant with you forever.'
• Judg 2:5 : 5 So they named that place Bochim, and there they offered sacrifices to the LORD.
• 1 Sam 31:13 : 13 Then they took their bones, buried them under a tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.