Prevailed over him
Succeeded in confronting him; defeated him.
("And he saw that he could not overcome him, and he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was broken in the dust with him" - in Genesis 33:18 (on the dust of Jacob with the angel), and again: "And Jacob came in peace" (Genesis 33:18), and again: "They have greatly afflicted me from my youth, Israel will say" (Tehillim 25) - the Holy One, the Blessed One, said to him: And will they overcome you? He said to him: "Neither will they overcome me (There)"- At the beginning of Rabbah Et, and so on:"And he saw that he could not / call the young men of his household to help him"- Yehuda Al-Harizi (12th century)/ The preaching rooster, and so on:"And time cannot endure for her, with the strains of solitude"- Jonathan gave/ A memorial to Gabriel Friel, and so on:"The covenant of the sound that was made between us/ They could not endure for her "Armies of the Days" - Rachel/ Berith Ha-Hed)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָכֹל לוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִצְלִיחַ בְּהִתְמוֹדְדוּת נֶגְדּוֹ. נִיצֵּחַ אוֹתוֹ.
("וַיַּרְא כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ וַיִּגַּע בְּכַף יְרֵכוֹ וַתֵּקַע כַּף יֶרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב בְּהֵאָבְקוֹ עִמּוֹ"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לֵב כו (עַל מַאֲבַק יַעֲקֹב עִם הַמַּלְאָךְ), וְכֵן:"וְיָבֹא יַעֲקֹב שָׁלֵם" (בְּרֵאשִׁית לג יח), וְכֵן:"רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל" (תְּהִלִּים קכט)- אָמַר לוֹ הקב"ה: וְיָכְלוּ לָךְ?, אָמַר לוֹ:"גַּם לֹא יָכְלוּ לִי (שָׁם)"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה עֵט, וְכֵן:"וַיַּרְא כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ/ קְרָא לִנְעָרִים בְּנֵי בֵּיתוֹ לַעֲזֹר לוֹ"- יְהוּדָה אַלְחַרִיזִי (הַמֵּאָה הי"ב)/ הַתַּרְנְגוֹל הַדַּרְשָׁן, וְכֵן:"וּשְׁכֵנוּת לֹא יָכוֹל לָהּ הַזְּמַן, עִם רִגְעֵי הַבְּדִידוּת"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ זִכָּרוֹן לְגַבְרִיאֵל פְּרַיְל, וְכֵן:"בְּרִית הַהֵד הַכְּרוּתָה בֵּינֵינוּ/לֹא יָכְלוּ לָהּ צִבְאוֹת הַיָּמִים"- רָחֵל/ בְּרִית הַהֵד)