“And he dreamed,” | וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם | Properly, to bind firmly, i.e., (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump | dreamed |
“and behold” | וְהִנֵּ֤ה | Lo! | behold |
“a ladder” | סֻלָּם֙ | A stair-case | ladder |
“set up” | מֻצָּ֣ב | To station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) | set up |
“on the earth,” | אַ֔רְצָה | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | earth |
“and the top” | וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | top |
“of it reached” | מַגִּ֣יעַ | Properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.) | reached |
“to heaven:” | הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heaven |
“and behold” | וְהִנֵּה֙ | Lo! | behold |
“the angels” | מַלְאֲכֵ֣י | A messenger; specifically, of God, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) | angels |
“of God” | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
“ascending” | עֹלִ֥ים | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | ascending |
“and descending” | וְיֹֽרְדִ֖ים | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | descending |
“on it.” | וְיֹֽרְדִ֖ים | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | on it |