Genesis 35:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ל֥וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים שִׁמְךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֑ב לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵא֩ שִׁמְךָ֨ ע֜וֹד יַעֲקֹ֗ב כִּ֤י אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer-lô ʾĕlōhîm, your šimkā [is] yaʿăqōb; lōʾ-yiqqārēʾ your šimkā ʿôd yaʿăqōb kî ʾim-yiśrāʾēl yihyeh your šȇmekā, and wayyiqrāʾ ʾet-šȇmô yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer-lô*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he said to him
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun, subject - God
*šimkā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your name
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*lōʾ-yiqqārēʾ*: negative particle + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall not be called
*ʿôd*: adverb - still/anymore/again
*kî*: conjunction - but/for
*ʾim-yiśrāʾēl*: conjunction + proper noun - if/but Israel
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be
*šȇmekā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your name
*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*ʾet-šȇmô*: direct object marker + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
*yaʿăqōb*: Jacob/supplanter/heel-grabber
*lōʾ-yiqqārēʾ*: shall not be called/will not be named
*kî ʾim*: but/but rather/except
*yiśrāʾēl*: Israel/he who struggles with God/God strives

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 17:5 : 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
Gen 17:15 : 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Gen 32:27-28 : 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

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