Genesis 13:3
וַ יֵּלֶךְ לְ מַסָּעָיו מִ נֶּגֶב וְ עַד בֵּית־אֵל עַד הַ מָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר הָיָה שָׁם אהלה בַּ תְּחִלָּה בֵּין בֵּית־אֵל וּ בֵין הָ עָי
And he is walking to his pulling-up from Dry-South, and until House of El, until the Standing-place where his tent has become in the Pierced-one,488 between House of El and Ruins,
| 488 | Yahweh sent Father-of-Tumult to travel a circuit by continuing in the same direction Negev-ward, Dry-ward, southward. His journey takes him towards Dry (v. 1) then suddenly (v. 3) we find that he is sojourning from Dry until he reaches his starting point. Strong’s #8462, techillah. Feminine noun, singular. Something pierced, pierced one. Conjectured to mean beginning, commencement, start. Based on the root חָלַל chalal (meaning to bore, pierce) used elsewhere for began. |