Genesis 32:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִכֹּ֤ל הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכָּל־הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֣י בְמַקְלִ֗י עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה וְעַתָּ֥ה הָיִ֖יתִי לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

qāṭōntî from-all the-ḥăsādîm and-from-all-the-ʾĕmet which ʿāśîtā ʾet-servant-your, for with-staff-my ʿābartî ʾet-the-Jordan the-this and-now hāyîtî to-two maḥănôt.

Grammar Details

*qāṭōntî*: Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I am too small/unworthy
*ḥăsādîm*: masculine plural noun - kindnesses, mercies, loyal love
*ʾĕmet*: feminine singular noun - truth, faithfulness
*ʿāśîtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have done
*ʿābartî*: Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I crossed over
*hāyîtî*: Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I have become
*maḥănôt*: masculine plural noun - camps

Word Meanings

*qāṭōntî*: I am small, I am unworthy, I am inadequate
*ḥăsādîm*: acts of kindness, mercies, covenant faithfulness
*ʾĕmet*: truth, faithfulness, reliability
*ʿāśîtā*: you did, you made, you performed
*ʿābartî*: I crossed over, I passed through
*hāyîtî*: I have become, I have turned into
*maḥănôt*: camps, companies, bands

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Referenced Verses

Ps 59:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men.
Prov 18:19 : 19 A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city; And [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Dan 3:17 : 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
Hos 10:14 : 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].
Ps 119:134 : 134 Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.
Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
1 Sam 12:10 : 10 And they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
1 Sam 24:15 : 15 Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
Ps 16:1 : 1 Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.
Ps 25:20 : 20 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.
Ps 31:2 : 2 Bow down thine ear unto me; Deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Deut 22:6 : 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

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