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Genesis 46:1

וַיִּסַּ֤ע
nâçaʻ
and — properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וְכָל
kôl
and — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
ל֔וֹ
le-
to/for him/his/it
וַיָּבֹ֖א
bôwʼ
and — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָּׁ֑בַע
Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח
zâbach
and — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
זְבָחִ֔ים
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
לֵאלֹהֵ֖י
ʼĕlôhîym
to/for — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
אָבִ֥יו
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יִצְחָֽק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
Genesis 46:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba [where both his father and grandfather had worshiped God], and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. [Gen 21:33; 26:23-25]
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So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba [where both his father and grandfather had worshiped God], and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. [Gen 21:33; 26:23-25]
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