Genesis

Genesis 31:45–46

⁴⁵So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar, ⁴⁶and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

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Genesis 31:45

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
picked out	וַיִּקַּ֥ח	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
a stone	אָ֑בֶן	’ā·ḇen	Noun - feminine singular	H68 stone
and set it up	וַיְרִימֶ֖הָ	way·rî·me·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
as a pillar	מַצֵּבָֽה׃	maṣ·ṣê·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4676 pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹ , stump

Genesis 31:46

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	יַעֲקֹ֤ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to his relatives	לְאֶחָיו֙	lə·’e·ḥāw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother
Gather	לִקְט֣וּ	liq·ṭū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H3950 pick or gather up
stones	אֲבָנִ֔ים	’ă·ḇā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
So they took	וַיִּקְח֥וּ	way·yiq·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3947 take
stones	אֲבָנִ֖ים	’ă·ḇā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
and made	וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־	way·ya·‘ă·śū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
a mound	גָ֑ל	ḡāl	Noun - masculine singular	H1530 heap, wave, billow
and there	שָׁ֖ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
by	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the mound	הַגָּֽל׃	hag·gāl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1530 heap, wave, billow
they ate	וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ	way·yō·ḵə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat

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Genesis 31:45 Genesis 28:18–22

Genesis 31:46 Ecclesiastes 3:5 · Genesis 31:32 · Joshua 4:5–9 · Genesis 31:37 · Genesis 31:23 · Joshua 7:26 · 2 Samuel 18:17 · Genesis 31:54 · Joshua 4:20–24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.