The Meaning of Genesis 26:33 Explained

Genesis 26:33

KJV: And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

YLT: and he calleth it Shebah, oath, therefore the name of the city is Beer-Sheba, well of the oath, unto this day.

Darby: And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

ASV: And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he called  it Shebah:  therefore the name  of the city  [is] Beersheba  unto this day. 

What does Genesis 26:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 26:18-35 - Isaac's Wells And Covenant
It is interesting to follow Isaac in his well-digging. Let us also dig wells and set streams flowing, which will bless men long after we have gone home to heaven. The first well was Esek-strife. The second, Sitnah-hatred. The third, Rehoboth-room. Thus is human life, too often, till it ends with Sheba-oath or covenant. But even the outward repose to which life may attain, as the result of the struggles of earlier life, may be interrupted by anxiety and trial, caused by children or grandchildren. Esau's marriage brought endless trouble in its train. And grief of mind will sow life with thorns. Let children take care lest they give needless pain to those who love them. That which hurts tender and true hearts is not likely to carry with it the blessing of God. As soon as a wandering soul gets back to God even his enemies make peace with him; he is at least secure from their hurt. See Proverbs 16:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 26

1  Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him
7  He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife
12  He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity
18  He digs wells
23  God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him;
26  and Abimelech makes a covenant with him
34  Esau's wives

What do the individual words in Genesis 26:33 mean?

So he called it Shebah upon thus the name of the city [is] - Beersheba to day this -
וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁבְעָ֑ה עַל־ כֵּ֤ן שֵׁם־ הָעִיר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה ס

וַיִּקְרָ֥א  So  he  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
שִׁבְעָ֑ה  Shebah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׁבְעָה  
Sense: the well named by Isaac and near Beersheba.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּ֤ן  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
שֵׁם־  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הָעִיר֙  of  the  city  [is] 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
בְּאֵ֣ר  - 
Parse: Preposition
שֶׁ֔בַע  Beersheba 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּאֵר 
Sense: a city at the south edge of Israel.
הַיּ֥וֹם  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַזֶּֽה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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