Genesis 32:33

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Therefore, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

Upon-therefore not-yōʾkəlû sons-of-yiśrāʾēl ʾet-gîd ha-nāšeh which upon-socket-of the-thigh until the-day the-this for nāgaʿ in-socket-of-thigh-of yaʿăqōb in-gîd ha-nāšeh.

Grammar Details

• *yōʾkəlû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they eat
• *gîd*: masculine singular construct - sinew of
• *ha-nāšeh*: definite article + Qal passive participle, masculine singular - the displaced
• *nāgaʿ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he touched

Word Meanings

• *yōʾkəlû*: they eat, they consume, they feed on
• *gîd*: sinew, tendon, nerve
• *ha-nāšeh*: the displaced, the sciatic (nerve), the hip sinew
• *nāgaʿ*: to touch, to strike, to reach