King James Version

Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Genesis 32:25.

וַיִּוָּתֵ֥רvayivaterand excelיָתַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and excel”, the next action in the storyH3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserveexcel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.יַעֲקֹ֖בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.לְבַדּ֑וֹlevadvoto apartבַּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to apart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.וַיֵּאָבֵ֥קvayeaveqand wrestleאָבַקconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and wrestle”, the next action in the storyH79to bedust, i.e. grapplewrestle.אִישׁ֙isha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…עִמּ֔וֹimvowithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).עַ֖דadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.עֲל֥וֹתalotascend upעָלָהverb, qal, infinitive construct — “ascend up”, the to-form of the verbH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…הַשָּֽׁחַרhashacharthe earlyשַׁחַרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the early”, the ordinary formH7837dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

World English Bible

Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

Darby Translation

And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

Douay-Rheims

He remained alone: and behold a man wrestled with him till morning.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὑπελείφθη δὲ Ἰακὼβ μόνος· καὶ ἐπάλαιεν ἄνθρωπος μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἕως πρωΐ.