Revised Version 1895

Genesis 49:3-7

3Reubenרְאוּבֵן֙re.'u.VenH7205, thou art myfirstbornבְּכֹ֣רִיbe.Kho.riH1060, my might, and thebeginningוְרֵאשִׁ֣יתve.re.ShitH7225of mystrengthכֹּחִ֖יko.ChiH3581; The excellency ofdignityשְׂאֵ֖תse.'EtH7613, and the excellency ofpowerH3581.

4Unstable aswaterכַּמַּ֙יִם֙ka.Ma.yimH4325, thou shaltnotאַל־'al-H408have the excellency;Becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588thou wentestupH5927to thyfather’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1bedמִשְׁכְּבֵ֣יmish.ke.VeiH4904: Then defiledst thou it: hewentH5927upH5927to mycouchיְצוּעִ֥יye.tzu.'IH3326.

5Simeonשִׁמְע֥וֹןshim.'onH8095andLeviוְלֵוִ֖יve.le.ViH3878arebrethrenאַחִ֑ים'a.ChimH251;Weaponsכְּלֵ֥יke.LeiH3627ofviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555are theirswordsמְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃me.khe.ro.tei.HemH4380.

6O mysoulנַפְשִׁ֔יnaf.ShiH5315,comeH935notאַל־'al-H408thouintoH935theircouncilבְּסֹדָם֙be.so.DamH5475; Unto theirassemblyבִּקְהָלָ֖םbik.ha.LamH6951, mygloryכְּבֹדִ֑יke.vo.DiH3519, benotאַל־'al-H408thouunitedתֵּחַ֣דte.ChadH3161; For in theirangerבְאַפָּם֙ve.'a.PamH639theyslewהָ֣רְגוּHa.re.guH2026amanאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376, And in their selfwill they houghed anoxשֽׁוֹר׃ShorH7794.

7Cursedאָר֤וּר'a.RurH779be theirangerאַפָּם֙'a.PamH639, for it wasfierceעָ֔ז'AzH5794; And theirwrathוְעֶבְרָתָ֖םve.'ev.ra.TamH5678, for it wascruelקָשָׁ֑תָהka.Sha.tahH7185: I willdivideאֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם'a.cha.le.KemH2505them inJacobבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290, Andscatterוַאֲפִיצֵ֖םva.'a.fi.TzemH6327them inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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