And
Ya`áköv
יַעֲקֹב
3290 {3290} PrimeיַעֲקֹבYa`aqob{yah-ak-obe'}
From H6117; heel catcher (that is, supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.
set
5324 {5324} Primeנָצַבnatsab{naw-tsab'}
A primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
a pillar
4676 {4676} Primeמַצֵּבָהmatstsebah{mats-tsay-baw'}
Feminine (causative) participle of H5324; something stationed, that is, a column or (memorial stone); by analogy an idol.
upon
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
her grave:
6900 {6900} Primeקְבוּרָהq@buwrah{keb-oo-raw'}
Feminine passive participle of H6912; sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre.
that
x1931 (1931) Complementהוּאhuw'{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he ( 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 are.
[ is] the pillar
4678 {4678} Primeמַצֶּבֶתmatstsebeth{mats-tseh'-beth}
From H5324; something stationary, that is, a monumental stone; also the stock of a tree.
of
Räçël's
רָחֵל
7354 {7354} PrimeרָחֵלRachel{raw-khale'}
The same as H7353; Rachel, a wife of Jacob.
grave
6900 {6900} Primeקְבוּרָהq@buwrah{keb-oo-raw'}
Feminine passive participle of H6912; sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre.
unto
x5704 (5704) Complementעַד`ad{ad}
Properly the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjugation; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space ( even unto) or time ( during, while, until) or degree ( equally with).
this day.
3117 {3117} Primeיוֹםyowm{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially). |
Genesis 35:20
_ _ and Jacob set a pillar on her grave ... unto this day — The spot still marked out as the grave of Rachel exactly agrees with the Scriptural record, being about a mile from Beth-lehem. Anciently it was surmounted by a pyramid of stones, but the present tomb is a Mohammedan erection. |
Genesis 35:20
And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave — So that it was known long after to be Rachel's sepulchre, 1 Samuel 10:2, and Providence so ordered it, that this place afterwards fell in the lot of Benjamin. Jacob set up a pillar in remembrance of his joys Genesis 35:14, and here he set up one in remembrance of his sorrows; for as it may be of use to ourselves to keep both in mind, so it may be of use to others to transmit the memorials of both. |
Genesis 35:20
And Jacob set a (g) pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
(g) The ancient fathers used this ceremony to testify their hope of the resurrection to come, which was not generally revealed. |
- the pillar:
Genesis 35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
Genesis 35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
1 Samuel 10:2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
2 Samuel 18:17-18 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. ... Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
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