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Genesis 46:2

Hebrew
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֤יםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֱלֹהִים

hebrew

Meanings:

* God * god * goddess * divine ones * angels

Noun, masculine
לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּמַרְאֹ֣ת הַלַּ֔יְלָה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֣ב יַעֲקֹ֑ב וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי
ESV
And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I.”
NIV
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!Here I am,” he replied.
NLT
During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called.“Here I am,” Jacob replied.
LXX
εἶπεν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
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greek

The definite article
θεὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς

greek

Masculine noun meaning:

* A god or goddess * God
Ισραηλ ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
ὁράματι τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
νυκτὸς εἴπας Ιακωβ Ιακωβ plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
εἶπεν τί ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
KJV
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

Genesis 46:1 ← Genesis 46:2 → Genesis 46:3

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