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וַיֵּצֵ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִבְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ חָרָֽנָה׃ 11  וַיִּפְגַּ֨ע בַּמָּק֜וֹם וַיָּ֤לֶן שָׁם֙ כִּי־בָ֣א הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ מֵאַבְנֵ֣י הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃ 12  וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָה וְרֹאשֹׁ֖ו מַגִּ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וְהִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְיֹרְדִ֖ים בּוֹֽ׃

Vocabulary

Verse 10

            באר שׁבע name: “Beersheba”

            חרן name: “Haran”

Verse 11

            פגע verb: “encounter, meet; reach” (BDB, 803)

            לין verb: “lodge; spend the night” (BDB, 533)

            שׁמשׁ noun: “sun”

            מראשׁות noun: “head-place, head-rest” (BDB, 912)

Verse 12

            חלם verb: “dream” (BDB, 321)

            סלם noun: “flight of steps, stepped ramp” (BDB, 700; HALOT 757)

            נצב verb (Hophal passive participle msa): “fixed, set up” (BDB, 662)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 10

·        Clause Typology 1 (וַיֵּצֵ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִבְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע): V-S-M

·        Clause Typology 2 (וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ חָרָֽנָה): V-M

o       The final suffix on חרן is locative.

Verse 11

• Clause Typology 1 (וַיִּפְגַּ֨ע בַּמָּק֜וֹם): V-M
• Clause Typology 2 (וַיָּ֤לֶן שָׁם֙): V-M
• Clause Typology 3 (כִּי־בָ֣א הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ): V-S
• The idiom “the sun was entering” refers to the evening, that is, the English idiom “the setting of the sun.”
• Clause Typology 4 (וַיִּקַּח֙ מֵאַבְנֵ֣י הַמָּק֔וֹם): V-O
• The partially assimilated מן preposition is functioning as a partitive.
• Clause Typology 5 (וַיָּ֖שֶׂם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו): V-M
• Clause Typology 6 (וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַהֽוּא): V-M

Verse 12

• Clause Typology 1 (וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם): V
• This clause ends a long narrative sequence of waw-consecutives.  It is interrupted in order to describe Jacob’s dream.
• Clause Typology 2 (וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָה): P
• The particle הנה is a deictic or presentative particle.
• The final suffix on ארץ is locative
• Clause Typology 3 (וְרֹאשֹׁ֖ו מַגִּ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה): S-P
• The final suffix on שׁמים is locative.
• Clause Typology 4 (וְהִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְיֹרְדִ֖ים בּוֹ): S-P
• The predicate here is made up of two active participles.
• The suffix refers to the סלם.

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