New American Standard Bible 1995

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Genesis

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Jacob said when he saw them, "This is God's camp." So he named that place Mahanaim.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Jacob a son of Isaac, also his desc. Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹב֙ ya·'a·kov
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said to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai·yo·mer
when according as, as, when H3512    
he saw to see Verb H7200 רָאָ֔ם ra·'am,
them, "This this, here Pronoun H2088 זֶ֑ה zeh;
is God's God, god Noun H430 אֱלֹהִ֖ים e·lo·him
camp." an encampment, camp Noun H4264 מַחֲנֵ֥ה ma·cha·neh
So he named to call, proclaim, read Verb H7121 וַיִּקְרָ֛א vai·yik·ra
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that place a standing place, place Noun H4725 הַמָּקֹ֥ום ham·ma·ko·vm
Mahanaim. "two camps," a place E. of the Jordan Noun H4266 מַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃ ma·cha·na·yim.
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Locations

Mahanaim

MAHANAIMma-ha-na'-im (machanayim; the Greek is different in every case where the name occurs, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus also giving variant forms; the dual form may be taken as having arisen from an old locative ending, as, e.g. yerushala(y)im from an original yerushalem. In Genesis 32:21 machaneh is evidently a parallel form and should be rende... View Details

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Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Jacob said when he saw them, "This is God's camp." So he named that place Mahanaim.
King James Bible And when Jacob said when he saw them, "This he said, This is God's camp." So host: and he named called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Hebrew Greek English Jacob said when he saw them, "This is God's camp." So he named that place Mahanaim.