מַצֵּבָה

matstsebah

mats-tse-VAH

pillar, standing stone

Also written matzevah

Where it comes from

He uses the stone he slept on. The pillow becomes the monument — the hard thing under his head on the worst night of his life is what he stands up and pours oil over.

Every place it appears

Strong's H4676. It stands in 31 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 28:18

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

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