Hosea 12:3 Go deeper

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: (KJV)

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בַּבֶּ֖טֶןba.Be.tenin the womb

Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: belly: womb

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 38:27, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0990H; TAHOT Hosea 12:3 word 1

עָקַ֣ב'a.Kavhe took by [the] heel

Lemma: עָקַב (a.qav) · Strong's: H6117

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

Meaning: to assail

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 27:36, Job 37:4, Jeremiah 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6117; TAHOT Hosea 12:3 word 2

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 Hosea 12:3 word 3

אָחִ֑יו'a.Chivbrother his

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Hosea 12:3 word 4

וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹu.ve.'o.Noand in manly vigor his

Lemma: אוֹן (on) · Strong's: H0202

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: strength

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 21:17, Job 18:7, Job 18:12, Job 20:10, Job 40:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0202; TAHOT Hosea 12:3 word 5

שָׂרָ֥הsa.Rahhe struggled

Lemma: שָׂרָה (sa.rah) · Strong's: H8280

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

Meaning: to strive

Used 2 times. Also: Genesis 32:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8280; TAHOT Hosea 12:3 word 6

אֶת\־'et-with

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Hosea 12:3 word 7

אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGod

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Hosea 12:3 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

In the womb	→	בֶּ֫טֶן H0990H belly: womb
he grasped his brother’s	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
heel	→	עָקַב H6117 to assail
and in his vigor	→	אוֹן H0202 strength
he wrestled	→	שָׂרָה H8280 to strive
with	→	אֵת H0854 with
God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God

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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