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Genesis 32:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.


Genesis 32:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:2916 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
יֵאָמֵרyēʾāmērSay
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׂרִיתָśārîtāPrevail
עִםʿimWith
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וְעִםwəʿimAnd with
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
וַתּוּכָלwatûḵālAnd be able
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
יֵאָמֵרyēʾāmērSay
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׂרִיתָśārîtāPrevail
עִםʿimWith
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וְעִםwəʿimAnd with
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
וַתּוּכָלwatûḵālAnd be able

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