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Hosea 12:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;


Hosea 12:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 12:48 words
HebrewMeaning
בַּ/בֶּ֖טֶןbabeṭen
in the wombpronH990
body · as they be born · within · womb
עָקַ֣בʿāqab
he took by the heelverbH6117
stay · supplant · utterly
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָחִ֑י/וʾāḥiyw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וּ/בְ/אוֹנ֖/וֹwbəʾwōnwō
and in manly vigor hisconjH202
goods · might · strength · substance
שָׂרָ֥הśārāh
he struggledverbH8280
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Walking by faith - Hosea 12
God is faithful in every circumstance. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowi...
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