Genesis 35:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבֶּ֨ר אִתּ֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqrāʾ yaʿăqōb ʾet-šēm the hammāqôm where ʾăšer dibber with him ʾittô there šām ʾĕlōhîm bêt-ʾēl.

Grammar Details

*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, subject - Jacob
*ʾet-šēm*: direct object marker + masculine singular construct noun - the name of
*hammāqôm*: article + masculine singular noun - the place
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - where
*dibber*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
*ʾittô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
*šām*: adverb - there
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun, subject - God
*bêt-ʾēl*: construct noun + proper noun - Bethel/house of God

Word Meanings

*wayyiqrāʾ*: and he called/and he named
*hammāqôm*: the place/the site/the location
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
*bêt-ʾēl*: Bethel/house of God

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 35:6-7
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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.
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 35:13-14
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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.
Gen 28:16-20
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16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
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.
20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Gen 35:1
80%
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.
Gen 35:3
79%
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.
Gen 31:45-47
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45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
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Gen 31:13
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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.
Gen 12:8
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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 35:9-10
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9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
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Gen 33:20
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20And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Gen 28:10-11
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10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
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.
Gen 35:16
73%
16And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
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29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
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Gen 32:27
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Gen 35:19-20
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Gen 32:9
71%
9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
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Gen 13:3-4
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Gen 26:33
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33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
Gen 31:11
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11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
Gen 31:51
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Gen 31:25
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25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
Gen 22:14
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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 31:3-4
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