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Genesis 32:28-30

28And he saidH559,Thy nameH8034shall be calledH559no more JacobH3290,but Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:for as a prince hast thou powerשָׂרִ֧יתָsa.Ri.taH8280with Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430and with menאֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimH582,and hast prevailedוַתּוּכָֽל׃va.tu.KhalH3201.

29And JacobH3290askedוַיִּשְׁאַ֣לvai.yish.'AlH7592him,and saidH559,Tellהַגִּֽידָה־ha.gi.dah-H5046me,I pray thee, thy nameH8034.And he saidH559, Wherefore isitזֶּ֖הzehH2088thatthou dost askתִּשְׁאַ֣לtish.'AlH7592after my nameH8034?And he blessedוַיְבָ֥רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288him there.

30And JacobH3290calledוַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'H7121the nameH8034of the placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725Penielפְּנִיאֵ֑לpe.ni.'ElH6439:for I have seenרָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiH7200Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430faceפָּנִ֣יםpa.NimH6440to faceפָּנִ֔יםpa.NimH6440,and my lifeנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315is preservedוַתִּנָּצֵ֖לva.ti.na.TzelH5337.

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