Genesis 32:30 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Genesis 32:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:3014 words

וַיִּשְׁאַלwayišəʾalAnd inquire

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הַגִּידָהhagîdāhFront

נָּאnāʾ'I pray'

שְׁמֶךָšəmeḵāAppellation

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

זֶּהzehThis

תִּשְׁאַלtišəʾalInquire

לִשְׁמִיlišəmîTo appellation

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

שָׁםšāmThere

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁאַלwayišəʾalAnd inquire

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הַגִּידָהhagîdāhFront

נָּאnāʾ'I pray'

שְׁמֶךָšəmeḵāAppellation

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

זֶּהzehThis

תִּשְׁאַלtišəʾalInquire

לִשְׁמִיlišəmîTo appellation

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

שָׁםšāmThere

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