Genesis

Genesis 21:31

³¹So that place was called Beersheba,^f because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.