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And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. (KJV)
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וַיִּֽזְרַֽח\־vai.yiz.rach-and it rose
Lemma: זָרַח (za.rach) · Strong's: H2224
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to rise
Used 18 times. Also: Exodus 22:3, Deuteronomy 33:2, Judges 9:33, 2 Samuel 23:4, 2 Kings 3:22, 2 Chronicles 26:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2224; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 1
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁha.She.meshthe sun
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: sun
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 37:9, Exodus 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 2
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust when
Lemma: כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834D
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: as which
Used 511 times. Also: Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834D; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 3
עָבַ֖ר'a.Varhe passed over
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 4
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 5
פְּנוּאֵ֑לpe.nu.'ElPenuel
Lemma: פְּנוּאֵל (pe.nu.el) · Strong's: H6439G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Peniel
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 32:30, Judges 8:8, Judges 8:9, Judges 8:17, 1 Kings 12:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6439G; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 6
וְה֥וּאve.Hu'and he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 7
צֹלֵ֖עַtzo.Le.a'[was] limping
Lemma: צָלַע (tsa.la) · Strong's: H6760
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to limp
Used 4 times. Also: Micah 4:6, Micah 4:7, Zephaniah 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6760; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 8
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 9
יְרֵכֽוֹ\׃ye.re.Khothigh his
Lemma: יָרֵךְ (ya.rekh) · Strong's: H3409
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: thigh
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 24:2, Genesis 24:9, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 46:26, Genesis 47:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3409; TAHOT Genesis 32:31 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The sun | → | שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun |
| rose | → | זָרַח H2224 to rise |
| above him | → | |
| as | → | כַּאֲשֶׁר H0834D as which |
| he passed by | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| Penuel | → | פְּנוּאֵל H6439G Peniel |
| and he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| was limping | → | צָלַע H6760 to limp |
| because of | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| his hip | → | יָרֵךְ H3409 thigh |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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