Genesis 26:25
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חָנָה
chânâh
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
יִצְחָק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
חָפַר
châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָפַר châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
Study H2658 →חָנָה chânâh
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
Study H2583 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →Cross References
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
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