Genesis 35:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתָּ֤מָת דְּבֹרָה֙ מֵינֶ֣קֶת רִבְקָ֔ה וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר מִתַּ֥חַת לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הָֽאַלּ֑וֹן וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ אַלּ֥וֹן בָּכֽוּת׃ פ

Transliteration

And wattāmot dȇbōrâ mêneqet ribqâ and wattiqābēr mittaḥat to lȇbêt-ʾēl taḥat the hāʾallôn and wayyiqrāʾ its šȇmô ʾallôn bākût.

Grammar Details

*wattāmot*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she died
*dȇbōrâ*: proper noun, subject - Deborah
*mêneqet*: feminine singular construct noun - nurse of
*ribqâ*: proper noun - Rebekah
*wattiqābēr*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she was buried
*mittaḥat*: preposition + preposition - from under/below
*lȇbêt-ʾēl*: preposition + construct noun + proper noun - to Bethel
*taḥat*: preposition - under
*hāʾallôn*: article + masculine singular noun - the oak
*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*šȇmô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its name
*ʾallôn*: masculine singular noun - oak/terebinth
*bākût*: feminine singular noun - weeping

Word Meanings

*mêneqet*: nurse/wet-nurse/caretaker
*mittaḥat lȇbêt-ʾēl*: below Bethel/under Bethel
*hāʾallôn*: the oak/the terebinth/the large tree
*ʾallôn bākût*: oak of weeping/terebinth of mourning/tree of lamentation

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 24:59 : 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Judg 2:1 : 1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Judg 2:5 : 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
1 Sam 31:13 : 13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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