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He calledוַיִּקְרָאitאֹתָהּShibah;שִׁבְעָהthat is whyעַל כֵּןthe nameשֵׁםof the cityהָעִירis Beershebaבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעtoעַדthis day.הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Genesis 26:33
Study it in the app“He called it Shibah; that is why the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:33, word by word
- He calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- Shibahשִׁבְעָהshiva
Shibah
Shibah, the name of a well; it sounds like "oath" and like "seven".
Where else “shiva” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- is Beershebaבְּאֵרbeer
Beersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appears- this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
“Shibah” (Shiv'a) sounds like “oath” (shevua) and like “seven” (sheva).
Places in this verse
Beersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
The context
32On that day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
33 · This verse (above)
34When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
To study Genesis 26 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?