prevailed with God
English translation: emerged victorious in his struggle with God
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| 08:23 Jul 3, 2012 |
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|  Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 03:15 | ||||||
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| 4 +5 | emerged victorious in his struggle with God |
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| 4 | was strong and triumphant through God |
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| 4 | won an argument with God |
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| prevailed with god was strong and triumphant through God Explanation: God answered his prayers. www.thefreedictionary.com/prevail - intr.v. pre·vailed, pre·vail·ing, pre·vails. 1. To be greater in strength or influence; triumph: prevailed against the enemy. 2. To be or become effective; win out: ... |
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| prevailed with god won an argument with God Explanation: Or possibly several arguments. |
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peer agreement (net): +5| prevailed with god emerged victorious in his struggle with God Explanation: This clearly refers to the episode recounted in Genesis 32 and Hosea 12 in which a being, generally identified as an angel, appeared to Jacob, and they wrestled each other all night. Jacob successfully resisted the angel, who failed to overpower him. Jacob then becomes known as Israel, meaning (according to the literal interpretation) "one who prevails with God" in the sense of "one who fights victoriously with God". The exact interpretation depends on whether the angel is identified with God Himself, but Watson seems to hold this view: "God [...] as an angel". This is very well explained in the Wikipedia page: "There, a mysterious being appeared ("man", Genesis 32:24, 28; or "God", Genesis 32:28, 30, Hosea 12:3, 5; or "angel", Hosea 12:4), and the two wrestled until daybreak. When the being saw that he did not overpower Jacob, he touched Jacob on the sinew of his thigh (the gid hanasheh, גיד הנשה), and as a result, Jacob developed a limp (Genesis 32:31). Because of this, "to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket" (Genesis 32:32). This incident is the source of the mitzvah of porging. Jacob then demanded a blessing, and the being declared that from then on, Jacob would be called יִשְׂרָאֵל, Israel (Yisra`el, meaning "one that struggled with the divine angel" (Josephus), "one who has prevailed with God" (Rashi), "a man seeing God" (Whiston), "he will rule as God" (Strong), or "a prince with God" (Morris), from Hebrew: שרה, "prevail", "have power as a prince"). Jacob asked the being's name, but he refused to answer. Afterwards Jacob named the place Penuel (Penuw`el, Peniy`el, meaning "face of God"), saying "I have seen God face to face and lived." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2012-07-03 09:01:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It means, in fact, that Jacob physically fought God in the form of an angel and won. |
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