Genesis 32:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף־יְרֵכ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֙קַע֙ כַּף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּהֵֽאָבְק֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-yarʾ that not yākōl to-him wə-yiggaʿ in-socket-of-thigh-his wə-tēqaʿ kap-yerek yaʿăqōb in-wrestling-his with-him.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yarʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
• *yākōl*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he prevailed
• *wə-yiggaʿ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he touched
• *wə-tēqaʿ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and it was dislocated
• *kap-yerek*: feminine singular construct + masculine singular construct - socket of thigh
• *bə-hēʾābəqô*: preposition + Niphal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his wrestling

Word Meanings

• *yarʾ*: to see, to perceive, to observe
• *yākōl*: to prevail, to overcome, to be able
• *yiggaʿ*: to touch, to strike, to reach
• *tēqaʿ*: to be dislocated, to be wrenched, to be out of joint
• *kap*: socket, hollow, palm
• *yerek*: thigh, hip, side

Referenced Verses

• Hos 12:4 : 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
• Ps 115:12-13 : 12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
• Song 3:4 : 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
• 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
• Ps 67:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful{H8799)} unto us, and bless{H8762)} us; and cause his face to shine{H8686)} upon us; Selah.
• Luke 18:1-7 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Luke 24:28-29 : 28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
• Rom 8:37 : 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
• Ps 67:6-7 : 6 Then shall the earth yield{H8804)} her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless{H8762)} us. 7 God shall bless{H8762)} us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear{H8799)} him.
• Exod 32:10 : 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
• Deut 9:14 : 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
• Song 7:5 : 5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
• Isa 45:11 : 11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
• Isa 64:7 : 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.