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Then he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let me go,שַׁלְּחֵנִיforכִּיthe dawnהַשָּׁחַרhas come up.”עָלָהBut he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I will notלֹאlet you goאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָunlessכִּי אִםyou bless me.”בֵּרַכְתָּנִי
Genesis 32:26
Study it in the app“Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn has come up.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:26, word by word
- Then he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Let me goשַׁלְּחֵshalche
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalche” appears- the dawnשָּׁחַרshachar
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appears- has come upעָלָהala
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “ala” appears- you bless meבֵּרַכְתָּberachta
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “berachta” appears
The context
25When 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27He said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”
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?