Genesis 33:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּצֶּב־שָׁ֖ם מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּ֨קְרָא־ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ל אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-yaṣṣeb-there mizbēaḥ wə-yiqrāʾ-to it ʾēl ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wə-yaṣṣeb*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he erected
*mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar
*wə-yiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*ʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - El
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel

Word Meanings

*yaṣṣeb*: erected/set up/established
*mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*yiqrāʾ*: called/named
*ʾēl*: El/God
*ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Gen 12:7-8 : 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 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 13:18 : 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto 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 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 12:7-8
2 verses
78%
7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8And 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 35:7
77%
7And 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.
Gen 26:25
76%
25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Gen 35:13-15
3 verses
74%
13And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14And 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.
15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
Gen 33:18-19
2 verses
74%
18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
Josh 8:30
74%
30Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
Gen 13:3-4
2 verses
73%
3And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Gen 35:3
72%
3And 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.
Judg 6:24
72%
24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Gen 28:17-19
3 verses
71%
17And 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.
18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Exod 17:15
71%
15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
Gen 31:47-48
2 verses
71%
47And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Josh 22:34
70%
34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
Gen 31:45
70%
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Gen 35:10
70%
10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Gen 13:18
70%
18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Gen 35:1
70%
1And 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.
1 Kgs 18:31-32
2 verses
70%
31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
Gen 21:33
70%
33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Gen 31:13
70%
13I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
1 Sam 7:17
70%
17And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
Gen 22:14
70%
14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Gen 26:33
69%
33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
Exod 20:24
69%
24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Gen 46:1
69%
1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Gen 35:21
69%
21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
2 Chr 33:4
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4Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Gen 21:31
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31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
1 Kgs 12:29
68%
29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
2 Chr 33:16
68%
16And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
Josh 22:26
68%
26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
1 Chr 21:26
68%
26And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
Gen 28:11
67%
11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
1 Kgs 16:32
67%
32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.