Genesis 32:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף־יְרֵכ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֙קַע֙ כַּף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּהֵֽאָבְק֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-yarʾ that not yākōl to-him wə-yiggaʿ in-socket-of-thigh-his wə-tēqaʿ kap-yerek yaʿăqōb in-wrestling-his with-him.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yarʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
• *yākōl*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he prevailed
• *wə-yiggaʿ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he touched
• *wə-tēqaʿ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it was dislocated
• *kap-yerek*: feminine singular construct + masculine singular construct - socket of thigh
• *bə-hēʾābəqô*: preposition + Niphal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his wrestling

Word Meanings

• *yarʾ*: to see, to perceive, to observe
• *yākōl*: to prevail, to overcome, to be able
• *yiggaʿ*: to touch, to strike, to reach
• *tēqaʿ*: to be dislocated, to be wrenched, to be out of joint
• *kap*: socket, hollow, palm
• *yerek*: thigh, hip, side

Referenced Verses

• Hos 12:4 : 4 yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,
• Ps 115:12-13 : 12 Jehovah hath been mindful of us; He will bless [us]: He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear Jehovah, Both small and great.
• Song 3:4 : 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
• 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
• Ps 67:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm, a Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, [And] cause his face to shine upon us; {H5542}
• Luke 18:1-7 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: 3 and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, {G2532} Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 yet because this widow {G3930} troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up {G5037} prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
• Luke 24:28-29 : 28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further. 29 And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.
• Rom 8:37 : 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
• Ps 67:6-7 : 6 The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us. 7 God will bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
• Exod 32:10 : 10 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
• Deut 9:14 : 14 let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
• Song 7:5 : 5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses [thereof].
• Isa 45:11 : 11 Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.
• Isa 64:7 : 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.