King James Version

Genesis 31:45

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

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וַיִּקַּ֥חvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.יַעֲקֹ֖בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.אָ֑בֶןavenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וַיְרִימֶ֖הָvayrimehaand highרוּםconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and high”, the next action in the storyH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…מַצֵּבָֽהmatsevahgarrisonמַצֵּבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “garrison”, the ordinary formH4676something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idolgarrison, (standing) image, pillar.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar;

World English Bible

Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Darby Translation

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

Douay-Rheims

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λαβὼν δὲ Ἰακὼβ λίθον, ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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