Genesis 32:26 Go deeper

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 1

שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִיsha.le.Che.nilet go me

Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971H

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)

Meaning: to send: let go

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 49:21, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 5:2, Exodus 6:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7971H; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 2

כִּ֥יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 3

עָלָ֖ה'a.Lahit has come up

Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927L

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to ascend: dawn

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 32:24, Joshua 6:15, 1 Samuel 9:26, Nehemiah 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5927L; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 4

הַשָּׁ֑חַרha.Sha.charthe dawn

Lemma: שַׁ֫חַר (sha.char) · Strong's: H7837

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: dawn

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 32:24, Joshua 6:15, Judges 19:25, 1 Samuel 9:26, Nehemiah 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7837; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 5

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 6

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 7

אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔'a.sha.le.cha.KhaI will let go you

Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971H

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)

Meaning: to send: let go

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 49:21, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 5:2, Exodus 6:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7971H; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 8

כִּ֖יkithat

Lemma: כִּי [אם] (ki im) · Strong's: H3588B

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: that if: except

Used 137 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588B; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 9

אִם\־'im-except

Lemma: [כִּי] אם (ki im) · Strong's: H0518B

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if: except

Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518B; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 10

בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי\׃be.rakh.Ta.niyou have blessed me

Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpp2ms)

Meaning: to bless

Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Genesis 32:26 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Then [the man] said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Let me go	→	שָׁלַח H7971H to send: let go
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
it is daybreak	→	עָלָה H5927L to ascend: dawn
. . .	→	שַׁ֫חַר H7837 dawn
But Jacob replied	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
I will not	→	לֹא H3808 not
let you go	→	שָׁלַח H7971H to send: let go
unless	→	כִּי H3588A for
. . .	→	[כִּי] אם H0518B if: except
you bless me	→	בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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