Genesis 28:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם ל֥וּז שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה

Transliteration

wə-yiqrāʾ ʾet-šēm-hammāqôm the-that bêt-ʾēl wə-ʾûlām lûz šēm-hāʿîr at-the-rīʾšōnâ

Grammar Details

*wə-yiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*ʾet-šēm-hammāqôm*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular + definite article - the name of the place
*bêt-ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - house of God/Bethel
*wə-ʾûlām*: waw conjunction + adverb - but/however
*lûz*: proper noun - Luz
*šēm-hāʿîr*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine singular + definite article - name of the city
*rīʾšōnâ*: adjective, feminine singular + definite article - the first/beginning

Word Meanings

*yiqrāʾ*: called/named
*šēm*: name/designation
*māqôm*: place/location/site
*bêt-ʾēl*: Bethel/house of God/divine dwelling
*ʾûlām*: but/however/nevertheless
*lûz*: Luz (city name)
*ʿîr*: city/town
*rīʾšōnâ*: first/formerly/at the beginning

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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 Bethel: and the LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel.(Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man 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.
1 Kgs 12:29 : 29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
Hos 4:15 : 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Hos 12:4-5 : 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Gen 12:8 : 8 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.
Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
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Judg 1:22-23
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22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
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Gen 12:8
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Josh 18:13
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