Genesis 12:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לֽ͏ַיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyaʿtēq from-there hāhārāh from-miqqedem to-Bêt-ʾĒl and-wayyēṭ ʾāholōh Bêt-ʾĒl from-miyyām and-the-ʿAy from-miqqedem and-wayyiben-there mizbēaḥ to-YHWH and-wayyiqrāʾ in-bešēm YHWH.

Grammar Details

*wayyaʿtēq*: conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular hiphil - and he moved
*hāhārāh*: article + noun masculine + directional heh - to the mountain
*miqqedem*: preposition + noun masculine - from east
*Bêt*-*ʾĒl*: compound proper noun - Bethel (house of God)
*wayyēṭ*: conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he pitched
*ʾāholōh*: noun masculine + 3rd person masculine singular suffix + directional heh - his tent
*miyyām*: preposition + noun masculine - from west
*ʿAy*: proper noun - Ai
*wayyiben*: conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he built
*mizbēaḥ*: noun masculine singular - altar
*wayyiqrāʾ*: conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he called
*bešēm*: preposition + noun masculine - in/on the name of

Word Meanings

*miqqedem*: from the east/eastward/on the east
*miyyām*: from the west/westward/on the west/from the sea
*wayyiqrāʾ* *bešēm*: he called on the name/he proclaimed the name/he invoked the name

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Neh 11:31 : 31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
Gen 4:26 : 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Gen 21:33 : 33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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.
Gen 35:15-16 : 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel. 16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Josh 7:2 : 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Josh 8:3 : 3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
Josh 8:17 : 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Josh 18:22 : 22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Gen 13:4 : 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Ps 116:4 : 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Isa 10:28 : 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

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