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Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Then Jacob a son of Isaac, also his desc. Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹ֗ב ya·'a·kov
Analysis:
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asked to ask, inquire Verb H7592 וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל vai·yish·'al
him and said, to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai·yo·mer
"Please I (we) pray, now Interjection H4994 נָּ֣א na
tell to be conspicuous Verb H5046 הַגִּֽידָה־ hag·gi·dah-
me your name." a name Noun H8034 שְׁמֶ֔ךָ she·me·cha,
But he said, to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר vai·yo·mer
"Why what? how? anything Pronoun H4100 לָ֥מָּה lam·mah
is it that you ask to ask, inquire Verb H7592 תִּשְׁאַ֣ל tish·'al
my name?" a name Noun H8034 לִשְׁמִ֑י lish·mi;
And he blessed to kneel, bless Verb H1288 וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ vay·va·rech
him there. there, thither Adverb H8033 שָֽׁם׃ sham.

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Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there.
King James Bible Then And Jacob asked him him, and said, "Please tell me your name." But Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, "Why Wherefore is it that you thou dost ask after my name?" name? And he blessed him there.
Hebrew Greek English Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there.