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Genesis 35:20

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

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וַיַּצֵּ֧בvayatsevand appointedנָצַבconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and appointed”, the next action in the storyH5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.יַעֲקֹ֛בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.מַצֵּבָ֖הmatsevahgarrisonמַצֵּבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “garrison”, the ordinary formH4676something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idolgarrison, (standing) image, pillar.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…קְבֻרָתָ֑הּqevuratahsepulchreקְבוּרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “sepulchre”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6900sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchreburial, burying place, grave, sepulchre.הִ֛ואhivas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.מַצֶּ֥בֶתmatsevetpillarמַצֶּבֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “pillar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4678something stationary, i.e. a monumental stone; also the stock of atreepillar, substance.קְבֻֽרַתqevuratsepulchreקְבוּרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “sepulchre”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6900sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchreburial, burying place, grave, sepulchre.רָחֵ֖לrachelRachelרָחֵלnoun, proper name — “Rachel”H7354Rachel, a wife of JacobRachel.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.הַיּֽוֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

World English Bible

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

Darby Translation

And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to [this] day.

Douay-Rheims

And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel’s monument, to this day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔστησεν Ἰακὼβ στήλην ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου αὐτῆς· αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ στήλη ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου Ῥαχὴλ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.