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Jacobיַעֲקֹבaskedוַיִּשְׁאַלand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Pleaseנָּאtell meהַגִּידָהyour name.”שְׁמֶךָBut he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whyלָמָּהis itזֶּהthat you askתִּשְׁאַלabout my name?”לִשְׁמִיAnd he blessedוַיְבָרֶךְhimאֹתוֹthere.שָׁם
Genesis 32:29
Study it in the app“Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask about my name?” And he blessed him there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:29, 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- askedיִּשְׁאַלyishal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishal” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- tell meהַגִּידָhagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appears- your nameשְׁמֶsheme
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “sheme” appears- And he blessedיְבָרֶךְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears
The context
28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with Elohim and with men and have prevailed.”
29 · This verse (above)
30So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, “For I have seen Elohim face to face, and my life has been delivered.”
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?