Genesis 32:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֹת֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

wə-yišʾal yaʿăqōb wə-yōʾmer haggîdāh-nāʾ name-your wə-yōʾmer lāmmāh zeh tišʾal for-name-my wə-yəbārek ʾōtô there.

Grammar Details

*wə-yišʾal*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he asked
*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*haggîdāh-nāʾ*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - please tell
*lāmmāh*: interrogative - why
*zeh*: demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this
*tišʾal*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you ask
*wə-yəbārek*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he blessed
*ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him

Word Meanings

*yišʾal*: to ask, to inquire, to request
*yōʾmer*: to say, to speak, to reply
*haggîdāh*: tell, declare, make known
*nāʾ*: please, I pray
*tišʾal*: you ask, you inquire
*yəbārek*: to bless, to praise, to kneel

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Referenced Verses

Num 12:8 : 8 with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
Gen 16:13 : 13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?
Exod 24:10-11 : 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
Deut 5:24 : 24 and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.
Exod 33:19-23 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live. 21 And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: 22 and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: 23 and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
Exod 33:14 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.
Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Deut 34:10 : 10 And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face,
Judg 6:22-23 : 22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face. 23 And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Judg 8:8 : 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
Judg 8:17 : 17 And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Judg 13:21-22 : 21 But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.
2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:6 : 6 I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel;
Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
2 Tim 1:10 : 10 but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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