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When he sawוַיַּרְאthatכִּיhe could notלֹא יָכֹלprevail against him,לוֹhe touchedוַיִּגַּעthe socketבְּכַףof his hip,יְרֵכוֹand the socketוַ כַּףof Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבhipיֶרֶךְwas dislocatedתֵּקַעas he wrestledבְּהֵאָבְקוֹwith him.עִמּוֹ
Genesis 32:25
Study it in the app“When he saw that he could not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip, and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:25, word by word
- When he sawיַּרְאyar
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yar” appears- he could notיָכֹלyachol
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachol” appears- he touchedיִּגַּעyiga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yiga” appears- the socketכַףchaf
spoon
Something hollow, like a spoon.
Where else “chaf” appears- of his hipיְרֵכyerech
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yerech” appears- of Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבyaakov
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- was dislocatedתֵּקַעteka
be dislocated
For a bone to come out of joint.
Where else “teka” appears- as he wrestledהֵאָבְקheavk
wrestle
Wrestle, grapple hand to hand. It occurs only in Genesis 32.
Where else “heavk” appears
The context
24And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the dawn came up.
25 · This verse (above)
26Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn has come up.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
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?