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Heוְהוּאwill beיִהְיֶהa wild donkeyפֶּרֶאof a man;אָדָםhis handיָדוֹwill be against everyone,בַכֹּלand the handוְיַדof everyoneכֹּלagainst him;בּוֹandוְfacingעַל פְּנֵיallכָלhis brothersאֶחָיוhe will dwell.”יִשְׁכֹּן
Genesis 16:12
Study it in the app“He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone, and the hand of everyone against him; and facing all his brothers he will dwell.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 16:12, word by word
- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- a wild donkeyפֶּרֶאpere
wild donkey
Wild donkey of the desert: a free animal no one tames. The image speaks of someone independent.
Where else “pere” appears- of a manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- his handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- facingפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- he will dwellיִשְׁכֹּןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears
The context
11And the angel of YHWH said to her, “Look, you are pregnant and will bear a son, and you will call his name Ishmael, for YHWH has heard your affliction.
12 · This verse (above)
13So she called the name of YHWH, who was speaking to her, “You are El Roi,” for she said, “Have I really seen here after the one who sees me?”
To study Genesis 16 in a group
1. What it says
What did the angel of YHWH say to Hagar by the spring in the wilderness (vv. 7-12)?
2. What it means
What does it teach that Hagar called YHWH “El Roi,” the one who sees me (v. 13)?
3. How I live it
How can you walk with someone today who feels unseen or mistreated?