Hosea 12:3

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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 brotherH251 by the heelH6117 in the wombH990, and by his strengthH202 he had powerH8280 with GodH430:


Original Hebrew

בַּבֶּטֶן עָקַב אֶת־אָחִיו וּבְאֹונֹו שָׂרָה אֶת־אֱלֹהִים׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
בַּ/בֶּ֖טֶן
ba./Be.ten H990 HRd/Ncfsa in the/ womb
עָקַ֣ב
'a.Kav H6117 HVqp3ms he took by (the) heel
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
אָחִ֑י/ו
'a.Chi/v H251 HNcmsc/Sp3ms brother/ his
וּ/בְ/אוֹנ֖/וֹ
u./ve./'o.N/o H202 HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3ms and/ in/ manly vigor/ his
שָׂרָ֥ה
sa.Rah H8280 HVqp3ms he struggled
אֶת
'et- H854 HR with
אֱלֹהִֽים
'E.lo.Him H430 HNcmpa God
Strong's References
  • H202 — אוֹן (ʼôwn, one): probably from the same as אָוֶן (ʼâven) H205 (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 (ʼĕlôwahh) H433; 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 (ʻâqêb) H6119; 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:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
  • H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה (ʼânâh) H579; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
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