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Genesis 35:18 Interlinear

“ was in departing And it came to pass as her soul for she died called his name Benoni but his father called him Benjamin”

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Genesis 35 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֞י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	בְּצֵ֤את	H3318	was in departing	to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
3	נַפְשָׁהּ֙	H5315	And it came to pass as her soul	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
4	כִּ֣י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
5	מֵ֔תָה	H4191	for she died	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
6	קָֽרָא	H7121	called	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
7	שְׁמ֖וֹ	H8034	his name	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
8	בֶּן	H0
9	אוֹנִ֑י	H1126	Benoni	ben-oni, the original name of benjamin
10	וְאָבִ֖יו	H1	but his father	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
11	קָֽרָא	H7121	called	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
12	ל֥וֹ	H0
13	בִנְיָמִֽין׃	H1144	him Benjamin	binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Genesis 35:18 (current) was in departing And it came to pass as her soul for she died called his name Benoni but his father called him Benjamin