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Exodus 32:28-29 - Yisrael - nili - 01-29-2019 First, from the Everett Fox translation and commentary ... Quote:28 Then he said: In a comparable translation and commentary, Robert Alter notes ... Quote:striven with God ... In fact, names with the 'rl ending generally make Gos the subject, not the object, of the verb in the name. This particular verb, sarah, is a rare one, and there is some question about its meaning, though an educated guess about the original sense of the name would be: "God will rule," or perhaps. "God will prevail." Finally, the JPS Plaut Commentary notes: Quote:Striven שָׂרִיתָ (sarita), connected with the first part of יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrael). But the word may ay first have been יָשָׁרְאֵל (yashar-el, the one you God makes straight), as opposed to ya-akov-el, the one whom God makes limp. There is so much that we don't know, even up to and including the name of B'nei Yisrael. RE: Exodus 32:28-29 - Yisrael - Jason - 01-29-2019 I think that what you quoted here is brilliant: that places יָשָׁר "upright" in distinction to עָקֵב "heel." I've also heard that the name Jacob may originally have been יַעֲקָבְאֵל Yaakovel (or something similar). |