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Hosea 12:3

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The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.	He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:	Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He took his brother^H251 by the heel^H6117 in the womb^H990, and by his strength^H202 he had power^H8280 with God^H430:

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Original Hebrew

וְרִיב לַיהוָה עִם־יְהוּדָה וְלִפְקֹד עַל־יַעֲקֹב כִּדְרָכָיו כְּמַעֲלָלָיו יָשִׁיב לֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/רִ֥יב	ve./Riv	H7379	HC/Ncbsa	and/ a case at law
לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה	la./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	(belongs) to/ Yahweh
עִם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah
וְ/לִ/פְקֹ֤ד	ve./li/f.Kod	H6485	HC/R/Vqc	and/ to/ visit (judgment)
עַֽל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
כִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו	ki/d.ra.Kha/v	H1870	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms	according to/ ways/ his
כְּ/מַעֲלָלָ֖י/ו	ke./ma.'a.la.La/v	H4611	HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	according to/ deeds/ his
יָשִׁ֥יב	ya.Shiv	H7725	HVhi3ms	he will repay
לֽ/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to/ him

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H202 — אוֹן (ʼôwn, one): probably from the same as אָוֶן (in the sense of effort, but successful); ability, power, (figuratively) wealth; force, goods, might, strength, substance.
• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H990 — בֶּטֶן (beṭen, beh'-ten): from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything; belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
• H6117 — עָקַב (ʻâqab, aw-kab'): a primitive root; properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from עָקֵב,; to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel); take by the heel, stay, supplant, [idiom] utterly.
• H8280 — שָׂרָה (sârâh, saw-raw'): a primitive root; to prevail; have power (as a prince).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H4611 — מַעֲלָל (maʻălâl, mah-al-awl'): from עָלַל; an act (good or bad); doing, endeavour, invention, work.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
• H6485 — פָּקַד (pâqad, paw-kad'): a primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.; appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, [idiom] surely, visit, want.
• H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• had — Genesis 32:24-28, James 5:16-18
• took — Genesis 25:26, Romans 9:11

Reciprocal references (14): Genesis 16:10, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 32:28, Joshua 5:13, Judges 2:1, Psalms 24:10, Isaiah 63:9, Zechariah 1:10, Zechariah 12:8, Zechariah 13:7, Malachi 3:1, John 1:18, Acts 7:30, Colossians 2:1

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: CHRIST IS GOD, FEET, THE
• Nave’s: ISRAEL, JESUS, THE CHRIST

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