KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 32:32 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Therefore” | כֵּ֡ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | Therefore |
| “the children” | בְנֵֽי | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “of Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “eat” | יֹאכְל֨וּ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “not” | לֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “of” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the sinew” | גִּ֣יד | A thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon | sinew |
| “which shrank,” | הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה | Rheumatic or crippled (from the incident to Jacob) | shrank |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר֙ | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “the hollow” | כַּ֣ף | The hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power | hollow |
| “of the thigh,” | הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ | The thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side | thigh |
| “unto” | עַ֖ד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | unto |
| “this” | הַזֶּ֑ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | this |
| “day:” | הַיּ֣וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “because” | כִּ֤י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | because |
| “he touched” | נָגַע֙ | Properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.) | touched |
| “the hollow” | בְּכַף | The hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power | hollow |
| “of Jacob's” | יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacobs |
| “thigh” | יֶ֣רֶךְ | The thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side | thigh |
| “in the sinew” | בְּגִ֖יד | A thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon | sinew |
| “that shrank.” | הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃ | Rheumatic or crippled (from the incident to Jacob) | shrank |
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30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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