Genesis 31:54

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּזְבַּ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֥ב זֶ֙בַח֙ בָּהָ֔ר וַיִּקְרָ֥א לְאֶחָ֖יו לֶאֱכָל־לָ֑חֶם וַיֹּ֣אכְלוּ לֶ֔חֶם וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ בָּהָֽר׃

Transliteration

wayyizbaḥ yaʿăqōḇ zeḇaḥ in-the-mountain wayyiqrāʾ to-brothers-of-him to-eat-leḥem wayyōʾklû leḥem wayyālînû in-the-mountain

Grammar Details

*wayyizbaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he sacrificed'
*yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun
*zeḇaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - 'sacrifice'
*bāhār*: preposition beth + definite article + noun - 'in the mountain/hill'
*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he called'
*lĕʾeḥāyw*: preposition lamed + noun 'brother' + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'to his brothers/relatives'
*leʾĕḵāl-lāḥem*: preposition lamed + qal infinitive construct 'to eat' + noun - 'to eat bread'
*wayyōʾklû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they ate'
*leḥem*: noun, masculine singular - 'bread/food'
*wayyālînû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they spent the night'

Word Meanings

*zeḇaḥ*: sacrifice/offering/slaughtering
*hār*: mountain/hill/hill-country
*leḥem*: bread/food/meal
*ʾeḥāyw*: brothers/relatives/kinsmen

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 18:12 : 12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
2 Sam 3:20-21 : 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. 21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
Gen 21:8 : 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Gen 26:30 : 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Gen 37:25 : 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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