Genesis 28:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

Young's Literal Translation
And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;

King James Bible
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Hebrew
And [Jacob] dreamed
וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם (way·ya·ḥă·lōm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2492: To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream

about
וְהִנֵּ֤ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

a ladder
סֻלָּם֙ (sul·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5551: A stair-case

that rested
מֻצָּ֣ב (muṣ·ṣāḇ)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5324: To take one's stand, stand

on the earth
אַ֔רְצָה (’ar·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

with its top
וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ (wə·rō·šōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

reaching
מַגִּ֣יעַ (mag·gî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

up to heaven,
הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה (haš·šā·mā·yə·māh)
Article | Noun - masculine plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and God’s
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

angels
מַלְאֲכֵ֣י (mal·’ă·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

were going up
עֹלִ֥ים (‘ō·lîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

and down [the ladder].
וְיֹרְדִ֖ים (wə·yō·rə·ḏîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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