Vayeitzei 30-08 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 30:08

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The Complete Passuk

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי עִם־אֲחֹתִ֖י גַּם־יָכֹ֑לְתִּי …

And Rachel said, “With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed…”

Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi / classical.

Lemma: נפתולי אלהים.

Core Text

נַפְתּוּלִים – לְשׁוֹן עִקּוּם וְהַעֲתָקָה, שֶׁנֶּעֱקַמְתִּי וְנִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי.

English: Wrestlings – language of twisting and importuning; I twisted myself and prayed.

On the daf / in context: Classical comment tightly bound to this passuk.

Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.

Wrestlings – language of twisting and importuning; I twisted myself and prayed.