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Jacobיַעֲקֹבset upוַיַּצֵּבa standing stoneמַצֵּבָהon her grave;עַל קְבֻרָתָהּitהִואis the standing stoneמַצֶּבֶתof Rachel’sרָחֵלgraveקְבֻרַתto this day.עַד הַיּוֹם
Genesis 35:20
Study it in the app“Jacob set up a standing stone on her grave; it is the standing stone of Rachel’s grave to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:20, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- set upיַּצֵּבyatsev
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “yatsev” appears- a standing stoneמַצֵּבָהmatseva
standing stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matseva” appears- on her graveקְבֻרָתָkevurata
grave
Grave, tomb; burial.
Where else “kevurata” appears- is the standing stoneמַצֶּבֶתmatsevet
standing stone
A pillar of rock raised as a sign or memorial.
Where else “matsevet” appears- of Rachel’sרָחֵלrachel
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appears- to this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 · This verse (above)
21Israel set out and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.
To study Genesis 35 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim tell Jacob to do at Bethel, and what did his household leave behind (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Jacob that he asks his household to put away the foreign gods (vv. 2-3)?
3. How I live it
What gets in the way of your trust in Elohim, and could you leave it behind?