| 7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 35:7:1 ⧉וַיִּ֤בֶןvayivenhe built Genesis 35:7:2 ⧉שָׁם֙shamthere Genesis 35:7:3 ⧉מִזְבֵּ֔חַmizbeakhan altar Genesis 35:7:4 ⧉וַיִּקְרָא֙vayikrahe called Genesis 35:7:5 ⧉לַמָּק֔וֹםlamakomthe place Genesis 35:7:6 ⧉אֵ֖לelEl Genesis 35:7:7 ⧉בֵּֽית־אֵ֑לbeitelBethel Genesis 35:7:8 ⧉כִּ֣יkibecause Genesis 35:7:9 ⧉שָׁ֗םshamthere Genesis 35:7:10 ⧉נִגְל֤וּnigluappeared Genesis 35:7:11 ⧉אֵלָיו֙elavto him Genesis 35:7:12 ⧉הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםhaelohimthe God Genesis 35:7:13 ⧉בְּבָרְח֖וֹbevarkhoin his fleeing Genesis 35:7:14 ⧉מִפְּנֵ֥יmipneifrom Genesis 35:7:15 ⧉אָחִֽיו׃akhivhis brother |
| 7. Formal Translation And he built there an altar, and he called the place El-Bethel {El Bethel, God Revealed There}, because there the God {Elohim, Manifest Presence} was revealed to him when he fled from before his brother. |
| 7. Dynamic Translation He built an altar there and named the place El-Bethel {El Bethel, God Encountered Here}, because that is where God {Elohim, Faithful Protector} appeared to him when he was running away from his brother. |