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Genesis 21:31 Interlinear

“ Wherefore he called that place Beersheba because there they sware both of them”

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Genesis 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2	כֵּ֗ן	H3651		properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
3	קָרָ֛א	H7121	Wherefore he called	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
4	לַמָּק֥וֹם	H4725	that place	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)
5	הַה֖וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
6	בְּאֵ֣ר	H0
7	שָׁ֑בַע	H884	Beersheba	beer-sheba, a place in palestine
8	כִּ֛י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9	שָׁ֥ם	H8033		there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
10	נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ	H7650	because there they sware	to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
11	שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃	H8147	both of them	two; also (as ordinal) twofold

Genesis 21:31 (current) Wherefore he called that place Beersheba because there they sware both of them