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WLCוַיִּיקַ֣ץ יַעֲקֹב֮ מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָכֵן֙ יֵ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֥א יָדָֽעְתִּי׃

BSAWhen JacobYaʻăqôb [the son of Isaac and Rebekah] woke upyâqats he saidʼâmar Surelyʼâkên [truly, indeed] the LORDYᵉhôvâh [Yehovah, The covenant Name of God] isyêsh in thiszeh [specific] placemâqôwm [location, region] and Iʼânôkîy [the speaker, Jacob] was unaware of ityâdaʻ [did not know, ignorant, the presence of God]

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Genesis 28:16quick helps
In a sentenceJacob awakens and realizes that the LORD is present in the place where he slept.
Who is speakingJacob, the son of Isaac and Rebekah.
Where we areThis moment occurs after Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven.
The hard wordאָכֵן
Take awayAwareness of God's presence can come suddenly.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause subjectיַעֲקֹב verbיָקַץ The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the Old Testament

Every word here is used elsewhere in the Old Testament.

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Deep Study — Genesis 28:16

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Context — Jacob's Dream and Awakeninggenerated

15Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
18Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

Genesis 28:16 recounts Jacob's awakening after a profound dream. He realizes that the LORD is present in the place he had been unaware of. This moment emphasizes the significance of divine encounters, as Jacob reflects on the reality of God's presence in his life. The surrounding verses highlight God's promise to Jacob and the transformative experience he undergoes in this sacred location.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Exodus 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
2Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
3Joshua 5:15The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
41 Samuel 3:4–7Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
5Job 9:11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 8 references, hung on the phrase they belong to


The Key Word אָכֵן, 'a.Khengenerated

The Hebrew word אָכֵן ('a.khen) is an adverb that conveys strong affirmation, meaning 'surely' or 'truly.' It is often used to express certainty or emphasize a statement, as seen in Jacob's declaration about the LORD's presence.

In this verse, Jacob uses אָכֵן to assert his realization of God's presence, highlighting the moment's significance. This word underscores the awakening of awareness, marking a pivotal point in Jacob's spiritual journey.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against. The BSB has surely, which is echoed in the KJV and ASV.

Where others part company with the BSB they part company over the word אָכֵןindeed (DRA) and truly (BBE) reflect different emphases of certainty.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The finite verb יִּיקַ֣ץ (he awoke) governs the main clause, while the subsequent clauses provide Jacob's thoughts and realizations. The structure emphasizes Jacob's awakening and his immediate realization of God's presence.

The sentence flows from Jacob's awakening to his declaration, with the verb leading and the thoughts following. This arrangement highlights the progression from sleep to awareness.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

The Septuagint translates יָקַץ as ἐχηγέρθηhe awoke — which carries a similar meaning. This choice reflects the translators' intent to convey the awakening experience.

The Greek word ὅτι corresponds to אָכֵן, indicating a strong affirmation. This choice aligns with the Hebrew's emphasis on certainty regarding God's presence.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Genesis 28:16 tells us that when Jacob woke up from his sleep, he realized that the LORD was present in that place, even though he had not known it before. This moment marks a significant awakening for Jacob, highlighting the importance of recognizing God's presence in our lives.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does Jacob mean by 'the LORD is in this place'?

Jacob acknowledges that God's presence is in the location where he had the dream, emphasizing the sacredness of the place.

Why is Jacob surprised that he was unaware of God's presence?

Jacob's surprise reflects a common human experience of missing the divine presence in everyday life, highlighting the need for spiritual awareness.

How does this verse connect to the theme of dreams in the Bible?

Dreams often serve as a medium for divine communication in the Bible, and Jacob's dream signifies a pivotal moment in his relationship with God.

What can we learn from Jacob's realization?

Jacob's realization teaches us the importance of being aware of God's presence in our lives, encouraging us to seek and recognize divine encounters.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. In what ways have I experienced a sudden awareness of God's presence in my life?
  2. How can I cultivate a deeper awareness of the divine in my daily routine?
  3. What significance do dreams hold in my spiritual journey?
  4. How does recognizing God's presence impact my understanding of my circumstances?

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Genesis 28:16 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep,.... Which had been sweet unto him, and out of his dream, it being now over; and it having left such a weight upon his mind, and such an awe upon his spirits, it

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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Surely the Lord is in this place, by his special and gracious presence, and the manifestation of his mind and will to me; and I little expected to meet with such a revelation out of my father’ s house, much less in this desert and doleful state and place, when I thought myself rejected by God, as well as abandoned by men.

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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not.Ver. 16. And I knew it not,] viz., That God is graciously present in one place, as well as in another. Our ignorance and unbelief is freely to be confessed and acknowledged. Thus David; Agur. Pray for me, saith Father Latimer to his friend; pray for me, I say: for I am sometimes so fearful, that I would creep into a mouse hole. And in a certain sermon; I myself, saith he, have used, in mine earnest matters, to say, "Yea, by St Mary"; which indeed is naught. In his letter to Ridley, Act. and Mon., 1565. Sermon in 3d Sunday in Advent.

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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(16) Surely the Lord (Jehovah) is in this place.—Jacob was not unaware of the omnipresence of the Deity: what astonished him was that Jehovah should thus reveal Himself far away from the shrines where He was worshipped. Rebekah had gone to one of these to inquire of Jehovah (Genesis 25:22), and probably to a shrine in the very neighbourhood of the place where Jacob was sleeping (Genesis 12:8). But first Abraham, and then Isaac, had for so long made Beer-sheba their home, that Jacob probably knew little about the sanctity of the spot, and felt himself far away from all the religious associations of his youth, and from that “presence of Jehovah” which in antediluvian times had also been…

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 16. The Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.] That is, God has made this place his peculiar residence; it is a place in which he meets with and reveals himself to his followers. Jacob might have supposed that this place had been consecrated to God. And it has already been supposed that, his mind having been brought into a humble frame, he was prepared to hold communion with his Maker.

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

16. in this place] Jacob’s words express astonishment that Jehovah should have manifested Himself (a) in a place remote from his father’s home; (b) to himself a solitary wanderer. this place] Compare Exodus 3:5, “the place whereon thou standest is holy ground”; Joshua 5:15, “the place whereon thou standest is holy.”

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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

16. Surely the Lord is in this place — The vision awakened a new life, and a new world of thought and emotion within him. He had been, comparatively, a stranger to Jehovah.

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The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”

WEBWorld English Bible2000

Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”

NETBNew English Translation2006

Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.

RVARevised Version, American1894

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew [it] not.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, 'Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;'

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

And Jacob awakens out of his sleep and says, “Surely YHWH is in this place, and I did not know”;

ILTInterlinear Literal Translation2000

And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is present in this place; and I knew it not.

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I did not know it.”

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

And when Jacob awaked out of sleep, he said: Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

When Jacob woke up he said to himself, “The Lord is right here, in this place, and I didn't realize it!”

BBEBible in Basic English1949

And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

Word by word, the decisions they made

אָכֵן֙'a.Khen truly H403 2 different renderings
indeedDRA
trulyBBE

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

וַandclauseverbיִּיקַ֣ץhe.awokesubjectיַעֲקֹב֮Jacobprepositional phrase · prepositionalמִfromnoun phraseשְּׁנָתsleepוֹ֒hisוַandclauseverbיֹּ֕אמֶרhe.saidclauseadverbialאָכֵן֙trulypredicateיֵ֣שׁ(there)subjectיְהוָ֔הYahwehprepositional phrase · prepositionalבַּ[is].innoun phrasethenoun phraseמָּק֖וֹםplaceadjective phraseהַ(the)זֶּ֑הthisוְandclausesubjectאָנֹכִ֖יIadverbialלֹ֥אnotverbיָדָֽעְתִּיI.realized

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran

The Masoretic Text (MT) reads: "וַיִּיקַ֣ץ יַעֲקֹב֮ מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָכֵן֙ יֵ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֥א יָדָֽעְתִּי׃" The Septuagint (LXX) aligns closely with the MT, matching 12 out of 12 words, though its word order and articles differ due to translation choices. The Samaritan Pentateuch has two notable differences: it uses "ויקץ" (which can mean 'to awaken' or 'to loathe') instead of the MT's "וַיִּיקַ֣ץ" and "משׁנתו" instead of "מִשְּׁנָתוֹ". Despite these variations, the core message remains consistent across these texts, affirming Jacob's realization of God's presence in that place.

Masoretic TextLeningrad Codex, c. AD 1008 — the text this page is built on

וַיִּיקַ֣ץ יַעֲקֹב֮ מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָכֵן֙ יֵ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֥א יָדָֽעְתִּי׃

Septuagintthe Greek the translators chose, word by word
וַיִּיקַ֣ץἐχηγέρθηיַעֲקֹב֮ιακωβמִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒αὐτοῦוַיֹּ֕אמֶרεἶπενאָכֵן֙ὅτιיֵ֣שׁἔστινיְהוָ֔הκύριοςבַּמָּק֖וֹםτόπῳהַזֶּ֑הτούτῳוְאָנֹכִ֖יἐγὼלֹ֥אοὐκיָדָֽעְתִּי׃ᾔδειν

12 of the 12 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.

Samaritan Pentateuchthe Torah as the Samaritan community kept it

ויקץ יעקב משׁנתו ויאמר אכן ישׁ יהוה במקום הזה ואנכי לא ידעתי

2 words differ from the Masoretic Text: יקץ (loath), שׁנתו (sleep)

Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

Genesis 28:16יָקַץand he awokand he awokeיָקַץיַעֲקֹבJacobJacobיַעֲקֹבשֵׁנָהfrom sleep from sleep hisשֵׁנָהאָמַרand he saidand he saidאָמַראָכֵןtrulytrulyאָכֵןיֵשׁtherethereיֵשׁיהוה[is] Yahweh[is] Yahwehיהוהמָקוֹםin the placin the placeמָקוֹםזֶהthisthisזֶהאָֽנֹכִ֫יand Iand Iאָֽנֹכִ֫ילֹאnotnotלֹאיָדַעI realizedI realizedיָדַעהָיָהto beto beהָיָהעָקַבto assailto assailעָקַביָשֵׁןto sleepto sleepיָשֵׁןכּוּןto establito establish: pכּוּןלֵב(Leb)-kama(Leb)-kamaiלֵבזֶהthisthisזֶהזֹהthisthisזֹהיָשֵׁןsleepingsleepingיָשֵׁןבָּרִיאfatfatבָּרִיאלָבָןLabanLabanלָבָןיִצְחָקIsaacIsaacיִצְחָקתְּנוּמָהslumberslumberתְּנוּמָהיָקַץto awaketo awakeיָקַץכֹּהthusthusכֹּהיהוהYHWH/GodYHWH/Godיהוהנָשָׁאto deceiveto deceiveנָשָׁאגִּבְעָהGibeatGibeatגִּבְעָהתִּקְוָהcordcordתִּקְוָה
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Genesis 28:16

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
וַיִּיקַ֣ץvai.yi.Katz and he awoke H3364 Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine singular
11× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This Hebrew word means to wake up or become active, and is used in the Bible to describe someone awakening from sleep. It is translated as 'awake' in the KJV.
Tyndale gloss
to awake
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

יָקַץ (yaqats) is a primitive root meaning 'to awake' or 'to become active.' The entries indicate it is used intransitively, focusing on the state of being awake or awakened.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

[יָקַץ] vb. awake

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3364 יָקַץ awake

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3364 yaqats yaw-kats'

a primitive root; to awake (intransitive):--(be) awake(-d).

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָקַץ (ya.qats) — to awake.

(Qal) to awake, awaken, become active

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms — Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine singular
Hc/Vqw3ms
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
יַעֲקֹב֮ya.'a.Ko Jacob H3290 Noun proper masculine
350× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word is the name of a person, Jacob, a key figure in the Bible. He was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the father of many tribes of Israel. The KJV simply translates it as Jacob.
Amplified meaning
the son of Isaac and Rebekah
Tyndale gloss
Jacob
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

יַעֲקֹב (i.e. *Ya`aqob*) refers to Jacob, a key figure in the Old Testament. The word is derived from a root meaning 'heel-catcher' or 'supplanter.' Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah, brother of Esau, and father of the twelve tribes of Israel. He is also known as Israel, highlighting his significance in biblical history.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יַעֲקֹב 344, יַעֲקוֹב 6 n.pr.m. et gent. Jacob, son of Isaac and Rebekah, father of tribes of Isr.

as n.pr.m.

as n.pr.gent.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3290 יַעֲקֹב, יַעֲקוֹב Jacob

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3290 Ya`aqob yah-ak-obe'

from 6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the

Israelitish patriarch:--Jacob.

see HEBREW for 06117

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) — Jacob.

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26;

son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259);

brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A);

father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently

Another name of yis.ra.el (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Israel" H3478)

§ Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jacob

One who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed the life of a shepherd, while his brother Esau became an enterprising hunter. His dealing with Esau, however, showed much mean selfishness and cunning (Gen. 25:29-34).

When Isaac was about 160 years of age, Jacob and his mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch (Gen. 27), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. The birthright secured to him who…

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(supplanter), the second son of Isaac and Rebekah. He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about B.C. 1837. His history is related in the latter half of the book of Genesis. He bought the birthright from his brother Esau, and afterward acquired the blessing intended for Esau, by practicing a well-known deceit on Isaac. (Jacob did not obtain the blessing because of his deceit, but in spite of it. That which was promised he would have received in some good way; but Jacob and his mother, distrusting God’s promise, sought the promised blessing in a wrong way, and received with it trouble and sorrow. --ED.) Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. As he passed through Bethel, God appeared to him. After the lapse of twenty-one years he returned from Padan-aram with two wives, two…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Son of Isaac and Rebekah, and twin-brother to Esau. As at his birth he held his brother’s heel, he was called Jacob, that is, the heelholder, one who comes behind and catches the heel of his adversary, a supplanter, Ge 25:26. This was a king of predictive intimation of his future conduct in life. Jacob was meek and peaceable, living a shepherd life at home. Esau was more turbulent and fierce, and passionately fond of hunting. Isaac was partial to Esau, Rebekah to Jacob. Jacob having taken advantage of his brother’s absence and his father’s infirmity to obtain the blessing of the birthright, or primogeniture, was compelled to fly into Mesopotamia to avoid the consequences of his brother’s wrath, Ge 27:1-28:22. On his journey the Lord appeared to him in a dream, (see LADDER,)…

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

that supplants, undermines; the heel

and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒mi.she.na.To from sleep his H8142 Preposition · noun common feminine singular construct · suffix
23× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
In the Bible, this Hebrew word means to sleep or be asleep, like when God put Adam to sleep in Genesis 2:21. It is also used to describe a state of unconsciousness. This word is used throughout the Old Testament.
Tyndale gloss
sleep
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word שֵׁנָה, transliterated as she.nah, means 'sleep.' It is derived from a root that suggests a state of rest. The word appears in contexts related to sleep, such as in Psalm 127:2. There is an Aramaic equivalent, also meaning 'sleep,' noted in the entries.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שֵׁנָה, שֵׁנָא, שֵׁנָת n.f. sleep

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8142 שֵׁנָה, שֵׁנָא, שֵׁנָת sleep

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8142 shehah shay-naw'

or shena (Psa. 127:2) {shay-naw'}; from 3462;

sleep:--sleep.

see HEBREW for 03462

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁנָה (she.nah) — sleep.

sleep

Aramaic equivalent: she.nah (שְׁנָה "sleep" H8139)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms — Preposition · noun common feminine singular construct · suffix
HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hiz: Used often in the King James Version with reference to a neuter or inanimate thing, or to a lower animal (Ge 1:11, "after his kind"; Le 1:16, "pluck away his crop"; Ac 12:10, "of his own accord"; 1Co 15:38, "his own body"), etc. the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "its."

and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.mer and he said H559 Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine singular
5,309× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This Hebrew word means to say or speak, and it's used in many different ways in the Bible. It can mean to command, promise, or think, and it's translated in the KJV as 'answer', 'appoint', or 'command'.
Tyndale gloss
to say
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אָמַר (amar) is a Hebrew verb meaning 'to say' or 'to utter,' with a broad range of uses including to promise, command, or even boast. It appears in various forms, such as in the Qal (to say), Niphal (to be told), and Hiphil (to avow). The entries highlight its versatility in both spoken and internal contexts, though no specific verse is noted.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

אָמַר 5287 vb. utter, say

Qal

Say

Say in the heart (= think)

Promise

Command (esp. late)

Niph. be said, told

Hiph. avow, avouch (lit. cause to declare)

Hithp. act proudly, boast

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H559 אָמַר utter, say .. Say

. Say in the heart (= think)

. Promise

. Command (esp. late)

. be said, told

. avow, avouch (lit. cause to declare)

. act proudly, boast

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

559 'amar aw-mar'

a primitive root; to say (used with great

latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call,

certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment),

commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X

expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise,

publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X

suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech),

utter, X verily, X yet.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

אָמַר (a.mar) — to say.

1) to say, speak, utter

1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms — Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine singular
Hc/Vqw3ms
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
אָכֵן֙'a.Khen truly H403 Particle
18× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word ʼâkên means surely or truly, often used for strong emphasis. It is used in the Bible to express certainty or contrast, like in Genesis 28:16 where Jacob says 'Surely the Lord is in this place'.
Amplified meaning
truly, indeed
Tyndale gloss
surely
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The Hebrew word אָכֵן (*aken*) is an adverb that conveys strong affirmation, meaning 'surely' or 'truly.' It can also emphasize contrast, translating to 'but indeed' or 'but in fact.' The word is derived from related roots indicating firmness and certainty.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

אָכֵן adv. with strong asseverative force:

surely, truly

emphasizing a contrast, but indeed, but in fact

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H403 אָכֵן with strong asseverative force: . surely, truly

. emphasizing a contrast, but indeed, but in fact

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

403 'aken aw-kane'

from 3559 (compare 3651); firmly; figuratively, surely; also

(advers.) but:--but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly,

verily.

see HEBREW for 03559

see HEBREW for 03651

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

אָכֵן (a.khen) — surely.

1) surely, truly, indeed

1a) truly, indeed (strong assertive force)

1b) but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adv — Particle
HTj
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
יֵ֣שׁyesh there H3426 Part
140× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This Hebrew word means 'there is' or 'there are', used to show existence or being. It appears in various forms, like 'to be' or 'to have'. In the Bible, it's used in Genesis and Psalms to describe God's presence.
Tyndale gloss
there
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יֵשׁ (yesh) refers to being, substance, or existence. It is used to assert existence, functioning as a copula for the verb 'to be' in various forms. The word can mean 'there is' or 'there are,' and its Aramaic equivalent is אִיתַי (itay).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יֵשׁ 137 subst. being, substance, existence

substance

elsewhere (prop. as a subst. in in the st. c.), it asserts existence, and so corresponds to the verb substantive, is (are, was, were, will be), lit. the being, presence of …

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3426 יֵשׁ subst. being, substance, existence . substance

. elsewhere (prop. as a subst. in in the st. c.), it asserts existence, and so corresponds to the verb substantive, is (are, was, were, will be), lit. the being, presence of …

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3426 yesh yaysh

perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist;

entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive

verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to

be, as may suit the connection):--(there) are, (he, it, shall,

there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had,

hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is,

substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt,

wouldest.

see HEBREW for 01961

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יֵשׁ (yesh) — there.

1) being, existence, substance, there is or are

1a) substance

1b) existence

1c) there is or are

Aramaic equivalent: i.tay (אִיתַי "there is" H0383)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Part — Part
HAcbsa
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
יְהוָ֔הYah.weh [is] Yahweh H3068 Noun proper
6,528× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Yehovah is another name for God, often translated as 'the Lord'. It is a national name for God in the Jewish faith. This name is used throughout the Old Testament.
Amplified meaning
Yehovah, The covenant Name of God
Tyndale gloss
The Lord
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יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) is the proper name of the God of Israel, often rendered as Jehovah or the Lord. It signifies the self-existent or eternal nature of God. The name is closely associated with the revelation to Moses in Exodus 3:12-15 and is used in conjunction with other terms to denote sacred places. Some scholars suggest it derives from a root meaning 'to bring into being.'

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יהוה c. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהֹוָה 6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהֹוִה 305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים) 2. Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver)

יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12-15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb

יהוה is used with אלהים and suffixes, especially in D

the phrase † אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy

יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3068 יהוה i.e. יַהְוֶה n. pr. dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3068 Yhovah yeh-ho-vaw'

from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish

national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.

see HEBREW for 01961

see HEBREW for 03050

see HEBREW for 03069

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) — LORD.

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1) the proper name of the one true God

1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (אֲדֹנָי "Lord" H0136)

יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) — The Lord.

Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) — (Jerusalem of) the Lord.

Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper
HNpt
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
בַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.Kom in the place H4725 Preposition · noun common masculine singular absolute
401× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Maqom means a place or location, like a city or a region. It can also refer to a condition of the body or mind. This term is used to describe a wide range of locations and situations.
Amplified meaning
location, region
Tyndale gloss
place
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מָקוֹם (maqom) means 'place' and encompasses a variety of contexts, including a standing place, station, or post. It can refer to human abodes, localities, regions, and even figurative conditions of body or mind. The term is derived from a root meaning 'standing' and is used broadly in the Old Testament.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

מָקוֹם, מָקֹם 399 n.m. standing-place, place

standing-place

station, where soldiers are placed

post, office

place where a thing belongs

esp.

place of human abode

of י׳’s abode

place

in gen. place, locality, spot

space, room

space, distance, between

region, quarter, direction

peculiar uses

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H4725 מָקוֹם, מָקֹם standing-place, place . . standing-place

. station, where soldiers are placed

. post, office

. . place where a thing belongs

. esp. . place of human abode

. of י׳’s abode

. place

. in gen. place, locality, spot

. . space, room

. space, distance, between

. region, quarter, direction

. peculiar uses

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

4725 maqowm maw-kome'

or maqom {maw-kome'}; also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'};

or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; 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, X home, X open, place, room, space, X

whither(-soever).

see HEBREW for 06965

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

מָקוֹם (ma.qom) — place.

1) standing place, place

1a) standing place, station, post, office

1b) place, place of human abode

1c) city, land, region

1d) place, locality, spot

1e) space, room, distance

1f) region, quarter, direction

1g) give place to, instead of

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absolute
HRd/Ncmsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

plas: Normally for maqom, Old Testament, and topos, New Testament, but in the King James Version "place" represents a great number of Hebrew and Greek words, often used with no difference in force (e.g. 2Ch 35:10,15). the Revised Version (British and American) has made few changes, but occasionally has attempted to specialize the meaning (Ge 40:13; Job 37:8; Ac 8:32; Jas 3:11, etc.).

and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh this H2088 Particle · particle
1,180× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word is a pronoun meaning this or that, used to point out a specific person or thing. It appears in many contexts, including Genesis and Psalms, to indicate something specific. The KJV translates it as he, here, or it.
Amplified meaning
specific
Tyndale gloss
this
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זֶה (zeh) is a demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'here.' It can stand alone, be used appositively, or function as a predicate. The word can also attach enclitically to interrogative pronouns, adding emphasis and directness. In poetry, it may serve as a relative pronoun, though this usage is rare.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

זֶה demonstr.pron. and adv.; fem. זֹאת, once זֹאתָה; this, here

standing alone

In appos. to subst.

More oft. as pred.

It is attached enclitically, almost as an adv., to certain words, esp. interrog. pronouns, to impart, in a manner often not reproducible in Engl. idiom, directness and force, bringing the question or statement made into close relation with the speaker.

In poetry, as a relative pron. (rare)

With prefixes (in special senses)

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H2088 זֶה demonstr. pron. and adv.; fem. זֹאת, once זֹאתָה; this, here . standing alone

. In appos. to subst.

. More oft. as pred.

. It is attached enclitically, almost as an adv., to certain words, esp. interrog. pronouns, to impart, in a manner often not reproducible in Engl. idiom, directness and force, bringing the question or statement made into close relation with the speaker.

. In poetry, as a relative pron. (rare)

. With prefixes (in special senses)

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

2088 zeh zeh

a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this

or that:--he, X hence, X here, it(-self), X now, X of him, the

one...the other, X than the other, (X out of) the (self) same,

such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on

that side, X thus, very, which. Compare 2063, 2090, 2097,

2098.

see HEBREW for 02063

see HEBREW for 02090

see HEBREW for 02097

see HEBREW for 02098

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

זֶה (zeh) — this.

1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such

1a) (alone)

1a1) this one

1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another

1b) (appos to subst)

1b1) this

1c) (as predicate)

1c1) this, such

1d) (enclitically)

1d1) then

1d2) who, whom

1d3) how now, what now

1d4) what now

1d5) wherefore now

1d6) behold here

1d7) just now

1d8) now, now already

1e) (poetry)

1e1) wherein, which, those who

1f) (with prefixes)

1f1) in this (place) here, then

1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter

1f3) thus and thus

1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus

1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side

1f6) on this account

1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Art | Pron — Particle · particle
HTd/Tm
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
וְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.Khi and I H595 Conjunction · pronoun
359× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This simple Hebrew word just means 'I', referring to the speaker, like in Genesis 27 where Esau says 'I' when talking to his father Isaac.
Amplified meaning
the speaker, Jacob
Tyndale gloss
I
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The Hebrew word אָֽנֹכִ֫י (*anokiy*) is a first-person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me.' It is a variant spelling of אֲנִי (*ani*), which also means 'I.' The entries confirm its use as a personal pronoun without significant disagreement among lexicons.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

אָֽנֹכִ֫י, אָנֹ֑כִי pron. 1s. comm. I

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H595 אָֽנֹכִ֫י, אָנֹ֑כִי I

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

595 'anokiy aw-no-kee'

sometimes {aw-no'-kee}; a primitive pro.; I:--I, me, X

which.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) — I.

I (first pers. sing.)

Another spelling of a.ni (אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫י "I" H0589)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | Pron — Conjunction · pronoun
HC/Pp1bs
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
לֹ֥אlo' not H3808 Particle
5,170× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for not or no is used to indicate absence or negation, as when God says no to the Israelites' requests, or when they disobey His commands.
Tyndale gloss
not
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לֹא (lo') is a Hebrew word meaning 'not' or 'no.' It serves as a simple negation and can imply absence or prohibition. The word can also be used in various contexts, often combined with other particles for emphasis or clarification. Its Aramaic equivalent is לָא (la), which also means 'not.'

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

לֹא or לוֹא adv. not

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3808 לֹא or לוֹא not

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3808 lo' lo

or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle;

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often

used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else,

ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never,

no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out

of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, +

of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

לֹא (lo) — not.

1) not, no

1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)

1b) not (with modifier-negation)

1c) nothing (subst)

1d) without (with particle)

1e) before (of time)

Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HTn — Particle
HTn
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and he awoke Jacob from sleep his and he said truly there [is] Yahweh in the place this and I not I realized
יָדָֽעְתִּי׃ya.Da.'e.ti I realized H3045 Verb · Qal · perfect first person common singular
945× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for to know means to ascertain by seeing, and is used in many senses, including to learn, perceive, and recognize, as seen in various KJV translations.
Amplified meaning
did not know, ignorant, the presence of God
Tyndale gloss
to know
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יָדַע (yada`) is a Hebrew verb meaning 'to know,' encompassing a wide range of senses including perception, recognition, and experience. It can refer to knowing someone intimately or being skilled in a task. The word has various forms, indicating actions such as making known or being made known. Lexicons note its use in both literal and figurative contexts, but there is no significant disagreement among them.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יָדַע 943 vb. know

Qal

know, learn to know

perceive

perceive and see; find out and discern

discriminate, distinguish

know by experience

recognize, admit, acknowledge, confess

consider

not know = not expect

know a person, be acquainted with

know a person carnally, of sexual intercourse

know how, to do a thing, be able to do it

be skilful in

abs. have knowledge, be wise

Niph.

be made known, be or become known, of things

make oneself known of pers.

be perceived

be instructed

Pi. cause to know

Pu. known

Hiph. make known, declare

Hoph. made known

Hithp. make oneself known

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3045 יָדַע know .. . know, learn to know

. perceive

. perceive and see; find out and discern

. discriminate, distinguish

. know by experience

. recognize, admit, acknowledge, confess

. consider

. not know = not expect

. know a person, be acquainted with

. know a person carnally, of sexual intercourse

. . know how, to do a thing, be able to do it

. be skilful in

. abs. have knowledge, be wise

. . be made known, be or become known, of things

. make oneself known of pers.

. be perceived

. be instructed

. cause to know

. known

. make known, declare

. made known

. make oneself known

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3045 yada` yaw-dah'

a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing);

used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally,

euphemistically and inferentially (including observation,

care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation,

punishment, etc.) (as follow):--acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted

with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware,

(un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X

could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to)

discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel,

can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause

to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have

(knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be

learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X

prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man

of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell,

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Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָדַע (ya.da) — to know.

1) to know

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to know

1a1a) to know, learn to know

1a1b) to perceive

1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern

1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish

1a1e) to know by experience

1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess

1a1g) to consider

1a2) to know, be acquainted with

1a3) to know (a person carnally)

1a4) to know how, be skilful in

1a5) to have knowledge, be wise

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed

1b2) to make oneself known

1b3) to be perceived

1b4) to be instructed

1c) (Piel) to cause to know

1d) (Poal) to cause to know

1e) (Pual)

1e1) to be known

1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)

1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare

1g) (Hophal) to be made known

1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself

Aramaic equivalent: ye.da (יְדַע "to know" H3046)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
V-Qal-Perf-1cs — Verb · Qal · perfect first person common singular
HVqp1cs
Sources on this page. Lexicons and dictionaries imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones, Robinson and Packard, Webster and Cawdrey. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Harper, 1889 — Grimm’s Wilke’s Clavis Novi Testamenti, translated, revised and enlarged by Joseph Henry Thayer) is public domain and is set here from the Internet Archive page scan greekenglishlex00grim; it is uncorrected OCR, marked as such on the entry itself, and the Strong’s numbers — which Thayer’s own edition does not carry — were matched by lemma against the other modules on this page. Trench’s Synonyms of the New Testament (Macmillan, 1880) and Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (Hodder & Stoughton, 1930, which entered the United States public domain on 1 January 2026) are set from Internet Archive page scans synonymsofnewtes00treniala and vocabularyofgree00mouluoft, and are likewise uncorrected OCR matched to Strong’s numbers by lemma. Trench treats a group of words at once, so the same essay stands on the page of each word it compares. The Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary is © 1993 and is used here by permission for non-commercial use, www.teknia.com/greek-dictionary. The full Liddell-Scott-Jones and the Hebrew word data (TAHOT) come from STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs is the OpenScriptures digitisation, public domain. Syntax analysis is the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (biblicalhumanities.org); the concordance and morphology are built from the tagged Nestle 1904 text. Septuagint occurrences use the Open Scriptures Septuagint lemma index, derived from CCAT (University of Pennsylvania) and the Rahlfs 1935 dataset by Eliran Wong, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — used here on a non-commercial ministry site. Greek of Josephus and Barnabas from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0. Commentaries and the Ante-Nicene Fathers are public-domain texts hosted on this site. Everyday Greek from the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri, CC BY 3.0, with dates and provenance from the Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis. Philo and the Apostolic Fathers from Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek), CC BY-SA 4.0. The apparatus and the fifth Greek column are the SBL Greek New Testament, © 2010 SBL and Logos Bible Software, CC BY 4.0. The Latin is the Clementine Vulgate (public domain); the Syriac New Testament is the ETCBC edition (MIT licence). The Hebrew behind the Greek is computed here from the Septuagint index and TAHOT, not taken from any aligned edition. The translation spread and the per-word edition marks come from the Translators Amalgamated Greek NT (STEPBible, CC BY 4.0); clause roles from the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (CC BY-SA 4.0); place identifications and their confidence from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding (CC BY 4.0), with map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Gospel parallels are computed here from shared uncommon vocabulary, not taken from any printed harmony. Cross references are the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and the subject headings are Nave’s Topical Bible, both public domain. Works under Creative Commons licences are used unchanged apart from markup removal.

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