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Genesis 28:16
“And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָקַץyâqats · yaw-kats'
H3364 · Hebrew
H3364 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to awake (intransitive)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (be) awake(-d).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּיקַ֣ץ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:24Genesis 41:4Genesis 41:7Genesis 41:21Judges 16:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָקַץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.