4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 12:4:1 ⧉וַיָּ֤שַׂרvayasarand he strove Hosea 12:4:2 ⧉אֶל־מַלְאָךְ֙elmalakhwith an angel Hosea 12:4:3 ⧉וַיּ֣וּכָ֔לvayukhaland he prevailed Hosea 12:4:4 ⧉בָּכָ֖הbakhahe wept Hosea 12:4:5 ⧉וַיִּתְחַנֶּן־ל֑וֹvayitkhanenleloand he pleaded to him Hosea 12:4:6 ⧉בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֙ל֙bevetelat Bethel Hosea 12:4:7 ⧉יִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּyimtsaenuhe found him Hosea 12:4:8 ⧉וְשָׁ֖םveshamand there Hosea 12:4:9 ⧉יְדַבֵּ֥רyedaberhe spoke Hosea 12:4:10 ⧉עִמָּ֖נוּ׃immanuwith us |
4. Formal Translation And he grappled and contended with the angel, and he prevailed; he wept and implored him. At Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us. |
4. Dynamic Translation He fought it out and overcame; he wept and begged. At Bethel he met him, and there he spoke with us. |