Study it in the app“Elohim said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel will be your name.” So he called his name Israel.”
Elohimאֱלֹהִיםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Your nameשִׁמְךָis Jacob;יַעֲקֹבyour nameשִׁמְךָwill no longerלֹא עוֹדbe calledיִקָּרֵאJacob,יַעֲקֹבbutכִּי אִםIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill beיִהְיֶהyour name.”שְׁמֶךָSo he calledוַיִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shim” appearsJacob
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” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikare” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears9Elohim appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.
10 · This verse (above)
11And Elohim said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations will come from you, and kings will come out from your loins.
1. What it says
What did Elohim tell Jacob to do at Bethel, and what did his household leave behind (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Jacob that he asks his household to put away the foreign gods (vv. 2-3)?
3. How I live it
What gets in the way of your trust in Elohim, and could you leave it behind?
