Genesis 36:8
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
שֵׂעִיר
Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
אֱדֹם
ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Key Terms in This Verse
שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Study H8165 →אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Study H123 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destr...
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
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