Genesis

Genesis 21:31–32

³¹So that place was called Beersheba,^f because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. ³²After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Footnotes

f 21:31 Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath.

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Genesis 21:31

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
that	הַה֖וּא	ha·hū	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
place	לַמָּק֥וֹם	lam·mā·qō·wm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition
was called	קָרָ֛א	qā·rā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Beersheba	שָׁ֑בַע	šā·ḇa‘	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H884 Beersheba
because	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it was there	שָׁ֥ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
that the two	שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃	šə·nê·hem	Number - masculine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H8147 two
of them swore an oath	נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ	niš·bə·‘ū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7650 swear

Genesis 21:32

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
After they had made	וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ	way·yiḵ·rə·ṯū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3772 cut off, cut down
the covenant	בְרִ֖ית	ḇə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
at Beersheba	שָׁ֑בַע	šā·ḇa‘	Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H884 Beersheba
Abimelech	אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ	’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H40 Abimelek
and Phicol	וּפִיכֹל֙	ū·p̄î·ḵōl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6369 Picol
the commander	שַׂר־	śar-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
of his army	צְבָא֔וֹ	ṣə·ḇā·’ōw	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6635 army, war, warfare
got up	וַיָּ֣קָם	way·yā·qām	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
and returned	וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ	way·yā·šu·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the land	אֶ֥רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of the Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine

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