Hosea 12:5
{ "verseID": "Hosea.12.5", "source": "וַיָּ֤שַׂר אֶל־מַלְאָךְ֙ וַיֻּכָ֔ל בָּכָ֖ה וַיִּתְחַנֶּן־ל֑וֹ בֵּֽית־אֵל֙ יִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּ וְשָׁ֖ם יְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּֽנוּ׃", "text": "*way-yāśar* to-*malʾāk* *way-yukāl* *bākâ* *way-yitḥannen*-to-him *bêt-ʾēl* *yimṣāʾennû* *wĕ-šām* *yĕdabbēr* with-us", "grammar": { "*way-yāśar*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he strove/contended", "*malʾāk*": "noun, masculine singular - messenger/angel", "*way-yukāl*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive, passive form - and he prevailed", "*bākâ*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he wept", "*way-yitḥannen*": "conjunction + verb, hitpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he sought favor/pleaded", "*bêt-ʾēl*": "proper noun, construct form - Bethel/house of God", "*yimṣāʾennû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he will find him", "*wĕ-šām*": "conjunction + adverb - and there", "*yĕdabbēr*": "verb, piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will speak", "*ʿimmānû*": "preposition with 1st person plural suffix - with us" }, "variants": { "*yāśar*": "strove/contended/fought/struggled", "*malʾāk*": "messenger/angel/divine representative", "*yukāl*": "prevailed/overcame/was able", "*bākâ*": "wept/cried", "*yitḥannen*": "sought favor/pleaded/implored/made supplication" } }