Genesis 32:24
And Heel is remaining over to his separation, and a man is dusting [yabbeq]1032 with him until the ascending of the Daybreak.1033
| 1032 | Strong’s #79 abaq. To be-dust. as in dustify, or make dust, etc. This word is a denominative from abaq (#80) fine dust. Conjectured to mean “wrestling” but clearly signifying the symbol of dust. Gesenius writes, “denom. from אָבָק dust, because in wrestling the dust is raised.” This word is only found twice here and v24. Gesenius sees this as “an unusual word” that “appears to have been used by the sacred writer, in order to allude to the name of the river Yabbaq” which is of the same Hebrew root. The author wants us to draw a connection between the crossing-place of He-Dusts and Jacob’s “trouble”. |