Genesis 32:26 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.”
Genesis 32:26 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 32:2614 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יָכֹלyāḵōlBe able
לוֹlwōTo
וַיִּגַּעwayigaʿAnd touch
בְּכַףbəḵap̄In hollow hand
יְרֵכוֹyərēḵwōThigh
וַתֵּקַעwatēqaʿAnd sever
כַּףkap̄Hollow hand
יֶרֶךְyereḵəThigh
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
בְּהֵאָבְקוֹbəhēʾāvəqwōIn bedust
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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