Genesis 32:11
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
Key Terms in This Verse
בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve th...
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the d...
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