Genesis 35:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־יִצְחָ֣ק אָבִ֔יו מַמְרֵ֖א קִרְיַ֣ת הָֽאַרְבַּ֑ע הִ֣וא חֶבְר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־גָּֽר־שָׁ֥ם אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְיִצְחָֽק׃

Transliteration

And wayyābōʾ yaʿăqōb unto yiṣḥāq his ʾābîw mamrēʾ qiryat hāʾarbaʿ, hîʾ ḥebrôn where ʾăšer-gār-šām ʾabrāhām and wȇyiṣḥāq.

Grammar Details

• *wayyābōʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he came
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, subject - Jacob
• *yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
• *ʾābîw*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
• *mamrēʾ*: proper noun - Mamre
• *qiryat*: construct feminine singular noun - city of
• *hāʾarbaʿ*: article + masculine singular noun - the four/Arba
• *hîʾ*: 3rd feminine singular personal pronoun - it/she [is]
• *ḥebrôn*: proper noun - Hebron
• *ʾăšer-gār-šām*: relative particle + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + adverb - where he sojourned there
• *ʾabrāhām*: proper noun, subject - Abraham
• *wȇyiṣḥāq*: waw consecutive + proper noun - and Isaac

Word Meanings

• *wayyābōʾ*: and he came/and he arrived/and he went
• *mamrēʾ*: Mamre (geographic location)
• *qiryat hāʾarbaʿ*: Kiriath-arba/city of Arba/city of the four
• *ḥebrôn*: Hebron (geographic location)
• *gār-šām*: had sojourned there/had lived there as an alien/had resided there

Referenced Verses

• 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 18:1 : 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
• Gen 23:19 : 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
• Gen 23:2 : 2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
• Josh 15:13 : 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
• Josh 21:11 : 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
• 2 Sam 2:1 : 1 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
• 2 Sam 2:3 : 3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
• 2 Sam 2:11 : 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
• 2 Sam 5:1 : 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
• 2 Sam 5:3 : 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
• 2 Sam 5:5 : 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
• Gen 14:13 : 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
• Gen 27:43-45 : 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
• Gen 28:5 : 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
• Josh 14:12-15 : 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.