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Then Jacob
Ya`aqob (yah-ak-obe')
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob.
was greatly
m`od (meh-ode')
vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.
afraid
yare' (yaw-ray')
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
and distressed
yatsar (yaw-tsar')
to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress -- be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.;
and he divided
chatsah (khaw-tsaw')
to cut or split in two; to halve -- divide, live out half, reach to the midst, participle
the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
that was with him and the flocks
tso'n (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
and herds
baqar (baw-kawr')
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd -- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
and the camels
gamal (gaw-mawl')
a camel -- camel.
into two
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
bands
machaneh (makh-an-eh')
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) |
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