King James Version
Genesis 35:15 in the King James Version says “And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.”
Genesis 35:15 · KJV
And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. a little: Heb. a little piece of ground
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“where God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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