Genesis 28:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָאֶ֣בֶן הַזֹּ֗את אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֙מְתִּי֙ מַצֵּבָ֔ה יִהְיֶ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י עַשֵּׂ֖ר אֲעַשְּׂרֶ֥נּוּ לָֽךְ

Transliteration

wə-hāʾeben the-this which-śamtî maṣṣēbâ yihyeh bêt ʾĕlōhîm and-all which titten-lî ʿaśśēr ʾăʿaśśərennû to-you

Grammar Details

*wə-hāʾeben*: waw conjunction + noun, feminine singular + definite article - and the stone
*śamtî*: qal perfect 1st common singular - I have set up
*maṣṣēbâ*: noun, feminine singular - pillar
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God
*titten-lî*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + preposition + 1st common singular suffix - you give to me
*ʿaśśēr*: piel infinitive absolute - tithing
*ʾăʿaśśərennû*: piel imperfect 1st common singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I will surely give a tenth of it

Word Meanings

*ʾeben*: stone/rock
*śamtî*: I have set up/I placed/I erected
*maṣṣēbâ*: pillar/standing stone/monument
*yihyeh*: will be/shall become/will serve as
*bêt*: house/dwelling/sanctuary
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/deity (plural form with singular meaning)
*titten*: you give/you grant/you provide
*ʿaśśēr ʾăʿaśśərennû*: I will surely give a tenth of it/I will definitely tithe it

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Referenced Verses

Gen 14:20 : 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Gen 35:7 : 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Lev 27:30-33 : 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD. 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
Deut 14:22-23 : 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
Gen 35:14-15 : 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
Gen 21:33 : 33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Gen 28:17 : 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
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.
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.

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