Genesis 32:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֹת֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

wə-yišʾal yaʿăqōb wə-yōʾmer haggîdāh-nāʾ name-your wə-yōʾmer lāmmāh zeh tišʾal for-name-my wə-yəbārek ʾōtô there.

Grammar Details

*wə-yišʾal*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he asked
*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*haggîdāh-nāʾ*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - please tell
*lāmmāh*: interrogative - why
*zeh*: demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this
*tišʾal*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you ask
*wə-yəbārek*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he blessed
*ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him

Word Meanings

*yišʾal*: to ask, to inquire, to request
*yōʾmer*: to say, to speak, to reply
*haggîdāh*: tell, declare, make known
*nāʾ*: please, I pray
*tišʾal*: you ask, you inquire
*yəbārek*: to bless, to praise, to kneel

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Referenced Verses

Num 12:8 : 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Gen 16:13 : 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Exod 24:10-11 : 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Deut 5:24 : 24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Exod 33:19-23 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Exod 33:14 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Deut 34:10 : 10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
Judg 6:22-23 : 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Judg 8:8 : 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
Judg 8:17 : 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Judg 13:21-22 : 21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness , hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:6 : 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Eph 1:17 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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