The Meaning of Genesis 35:8 Explained

Genesis 35:8

KJV: But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

YLT: And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name 'Oak of weeping.'

Darby: And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

ASV: And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But Deborah  Rebekah's  nurse  died,  and she was buried  beneath Bethel  under an oak:  and the name  of it was called  Allonbachuth. 

What does Genesis 35:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 35:1-15 - Jacob Blessed At Bethel
Thirty years before Jacob was at Bethel. Life was young then. He had only his staff. The future was unshaped and unknown. It was on the occasion of his first night from home; and he made many vows. How much had happened since then! Marriage, prosperity, children! But he had drifted down the stream, and had traveled into the far country from God. It was well that he should get back to Bethel, and consider the whole story of his life, as you may trace a river from source to mouth from an overlooking hill. The divine summons is always bidding us be clean and change our garments, and be rid of idols. There God gave him the great new name of Israel; and took to himself the reassuring name of El-Shaddai. It was as though, as the Almighty, he pledged himself to realize the highest and best. Let us take heart! God will make us fruitful, will give us the land, and will ward off the results of our misdeeds, Genesis 35:5.
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Chapter Summary: Genesis 35

1  God commands Jacob to go to Bethel
2  He purges his house of idols
6  He builds an altar at Bethel
8  Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth
9  God blesses Jacob at Bethel
10  Jacob Named Israel
16  Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar
22  Reuben lies with Bilhah
23  The sons of Jacob
27  Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron
28  The age, death, and burial of Isaac

What do the individual words in Genesis 35:8 mean?

And died Deborah nurse of Rebekah and she was buried below - Bethel under the oak so was called the name of it - Allon Bachuth -
וַתָּ֤מָת דְּבֹרָה֙ מֵינֶ֣קֶת רִבְקָ֔ה וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר מִתַּ֥חַת לְבֵֽית־ אֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הָֽאַלּ֑וֹן וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ אַלּ֥וֹן בָּכֽוּת פ

וַתָּ֤מָת  And  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
דְּבֹרָה֙  Deborah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: דְּבֹורָה  
Sense: the nurse of Rebekah who accompanied her from the house of Bethuel.
מֵינֶ֣קֶת  nurse 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, feminine singular construct
Root: יָנַק 
Sense: to suckle, nurse, suck.
רִבְקָ֔ה  of  Rebekah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רִבְקָה  
Sense: daughter of Bethuel, sister of Laban, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob.
וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר  and  she  was  buried 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
מִתַּ֥חַת  below 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
לְבֵֽית־  - 
Parse: Preposition
אֵ֖ל  Bethel 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־אֵל  
Sense: ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name).
תַּ֣חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
הָֽאַלּ֑וֹן  the  oak 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַלֹּון  
Sense: oak, great tree.
וַיִּקְרָ֥א  so  was  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
שְׁמ֖וֹ  the  name  of  it 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
אַלּ֥וֹן  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
בָּכֽוּת  Allon  Bachuth 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַלֹּון בָּכוּת 
Sense: site of Deborah’s (Rebekah’s nurse) grave near Bethel.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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