Genesis

Genesis 33:20

²⁰There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.^e

Footnotes

e 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means God is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There	שָׁ֖ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
he set up	וַיַּצֶּב־	way·yaṣ·ṣeḇ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5324 take one's stand, stand
an altar	מִזְבֵּ֑חַ	miz·bê·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
and called	וַיִּ֨קְרָא־	way·yiq·rā-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
it	ל֔וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
El-Elohe-Israel	אֵ֖ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H410 god

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.