Hosea 12:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there

Young's Literal Translation
Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

King James Bible
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;

Hebrew
Yes, he struggled
וָיָּ֤שַׂר (wāy·yā·śar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7786: Make princes, have power, reign

with
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the Angel
מַלְאָךְ֙ (mal·’āḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

and prevailed;
וַיֻּכָ֔ל (way·yu·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

he wept
בָּכָ֖ה (bā·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan

and sought His favor;
וַיִּתְחַנֶּן־ (way·yiṯ·ḥan·nen-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

he found Him
יִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּ (yim·ṣā·’en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

at Bethel,
אֵל֙ (’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

and there
וְשָׁ֖ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

He spoke
יְדַבֵּ֥ר (yə·ḏab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with us—
עִמָּֽנוּ׃ (‘im·mā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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