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For he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“IfאִםEsauעֵשָׂוcomesיָבוֹאtoאֶלthe oneהָאַחַתcampהַמַּחֲנֶהand strikes it,וְהִכָּהוּthenוְthe campהַמַּחֲנֶהthat is leftהַנִּשְׁאָרwill escape.”הָיָה לִפְלֵיטָה
Genesis 32:8
Study it in the app“For he said, “If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the camp that is left will escape.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:8, word by word
- For he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- comesיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- and strikes itהִכָּhika
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appears- that is leftנִּשְׁאָרnishar
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishar” appears- will escapeהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- will escapeפְלֵיטָהfeleta
escape
Managing to get out of danger: the escape.
Where else “feleta” appears
The context
7Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the cattle, and the camels, into two camps.
8 · This verse (above)
9And Jacob said, “Elohim of my father Abraham and Elohim of my father Isaac, YHWH, who said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you,’
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?