Verse 27

{ "verseID": "Genesis.32.27", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י עָלָ֖ה הַשָּׁ֑חַר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾmer šalləḥēnî kî ʿālāh ha-šāḥar wə-yōʾmer lōʾ ʾăšallēḥăkā kî ʾim-bēraktānî*.", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*šalləḥēnî*": "Piel imperative, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - send me away", "*kî*": "conjunction - for, because", "*ʿālāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has risen", "*ha-šāḥar*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the dawn", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾăšallēḥăkā*": "Piel imperfect, 1st common singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will send you away", "*kî ʾim*": "compound conjunction - except, unless", "*bēraktānî*": "Piel perfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - you have blessed me" }, "variants": { "*yōʾmer*": "to say, to speak, to command", "*šalləḥēnî*": "let me go, send me away, release me", "*ʿālāh*": "to rise, to come up, to ascend", "*šāḥar*": "dawn, daybreak, morning", "*ʾăšallēḥăkā*": "I will let you go, I will release you", "*bēraktānî*": "you have blessed me, you have pronounced good over me" } }

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