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Genesis 13:3

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And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.	And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;	Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he went^H3212 on his journeys^H4550 from the south^H5045 even to Bethel^H1008, unto the place^H4725 where his tent^H168 had been^H1961 at the beginning^H8462, between Bethel^H1008 and Hai^H5857;

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Original Hebrew

וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו מִנֶּגֶב וְעַד־בֵּית־אֵל עַד־הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה שָׁם [אָהֳלֹה כ] (אָהֳלֹו ק) בַּתְּחִלָּה בֵּין בֵּית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעָי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ֙	va/i.Ye.lekh	H3212	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
לְ/מַסָּעָ֔י/ו	le./ma.sa.'A/v	H4550	HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	to/ journeyings/ his
מִ/נֶּ֖גֶב	mi./Ne.gev	H5045	HR/Ncmsa	from/ (the) Negev
וְ/עַד	ve./'ad-	H5704	HC/R	and/ to
בֵּֽית	beit-	H1008	HNp	Beth-
אֵ֑ל	'El	H1008	HNp	-el
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	to
הַ/מָּק֗וֹם	ha./ma.Kom	H4725	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ place
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	where
הָ֨יָה	Ha.yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	it had been
שָׁ֤ם	sham	H8033	HD	there
אהל/ה	ʼôhel	H168	HNcmsc/Sp3ms
בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֔ה	ba./te.chi.Lah	H8462	HRd/Ncfsa	at the/ beginning
בֵּ֥ין	bein	H996	HR	between
בֵּֽית	beit-	H1008	HNp	Beth-
אֵ֖ל	'el	H1008	HNp	-el
וּ/בֵ֥ין	u./Vein	H996	HC/R	and/ between
הָ/עָֽי	ha./'Ai	H5857	HTd/Np	(the)/ Ai

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H168 — אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, o'-hel): from אָהַל; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance); covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
• H1008 — בֵּית־אֵל (Bêyth-ʼÊl, bayth-ale'): from בַּיִת and אֵל; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine; Beth-el.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H4550 — מַסַּע (maççaʻ, mas-sah'): from נָסַע; a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure); journey(-ing).
• H4725 — מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, maw-kome'): or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from קוּם; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
• H5045 — נֶגֶב (negeb, neh'-gheb): from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine); south (country, side, -ward).
• H5857 — עַי (ʻAy, ah'ee): or (feminine) עַיָּא; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת; (Isaiah 10:28), for עִי; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine; Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
• H8462 — תְּחִלָּה (tᵉchillâh, tekh-il-law'): from חָלַל in the sense of opening; a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly); begin(-ning), first (time).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Bethel and Hai — Genesis 28:19
• from — Genesis 12:6, Genesis 12:8-9

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 13:1, Genesis 35:1, Leviticus 13:3, Hebrews 11:9

Related Topics

• Nave’s: BETH-EL, FAMILY, HAI, LOT

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