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Jacobיַעֲקֹבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרhe saw them,רָאָם“Thisזֶהis the campמַחֲנֵהof Elohim!”אֱלֹהִיםSo he calledוַיִּקְרָאthe nameשֵׁםof thatהַהוּאplaceהַמָּקוֹםMahanaim.מַחֲנָיִם
Genesis 32:2
Study it in the app“Jacob said when he saw them, “This is the camp of Elohim!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:2, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- he saw themרָאָraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- is the campמַחֲנֵהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- So he calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- Mahanaimמַחֲנָיִםmachanayim
Mahanaim
Mahanaim: "two camps". A place east of the Jordan.
Where else “machanayim” appears
Translation note
“Mahanaim” means “two camps.”
The context
1Now Jacob went on his way, and angels of Elohim met him.
2 · This verse (above)
3Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
To study Genesis 32 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?