Genesis 16:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְה֤וּא יִהְיֶה֙ פֶּ֣רֶא אָדָ֔ם יָד֣וֹ בַכֹּ֔ל וְיַ֥ד כֹּ֖ל בּ֑וֹ וְעַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־אֶחָ֖יו יִשְׁכֹּֽן׃

Transliteration

And-hu' yihyeh pere' 'adam, yado in-the-all and-yad all in-him, and-upon-peney all-'echav yishkon.

Grammar Details

*vehu*: conjunction + 3rd person masculine singular independent pronoun - and he
*yihyeh*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be
*pere'*: noun, masculine singular construct - wild donkey of
*'adam*: noun, masculine singular - man/mankind
*yado*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
*bakkol*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in all/against all
*veyad*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and the hand of
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*bo*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in/against him
*ve'al*: conjunction + preposition - and upon/against
*peney*: noun, masculine plural construct - the face of
*'echav*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brothers
*yishkon*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will dwell

Word Meanings

*pere' 'adam*: wild man/wild donkey of a man
*yado bakkol veyad kol bo*: idiomatic expression: his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him/he will be in conflict with all
*'al-peney*: east of/before/in the presence of

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:18 : 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
Job 39:5-8 : 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Gen 21:20 : 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Gen 27:40 : 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Job 11:12 : 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

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