EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 28:19
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And he called the name of that place Beis-El, but Luz was the name of the city at first.
Classical source beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashbam on Bereishis 28:19.
Lemma: לוז שם העיר לראשונה.
English: “And however” means “rather.” “Luz was the name of the city”: because of the place outside the city where Yaakov slept, the city itself came to be called Beis-El.
Peshat / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
The verse's two names can be read together: Yaakov named the particular place Beis-El, and the city itself was previously known as Luz.