“Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.”
Genesis 49:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 49:1714 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהִיyəhiy
may he beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
דָן֙dān
DannounH1835
נָחָ֣שׁnāḥāš
a snakenounH5175
עֲלֵיʿălēy
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דֶ֔רֶךְderekə
a roadnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
שְׁפִיפֹ֖ןšəpiypōn
a vipernounH8207
עֲלֵיʿălēy
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֹ֑רַחʾōraḥ
a pathnounH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
הַ/נֹּשֵׁךְ֙hanōšēkə
the one which bitesparticleH5391
lend upon usury
עִקְּבֵיʿiqəbēy
the heels ofnounH6119
hoof · last · lier in wait (by mistake for
ס֔וּסsws
a horsenounH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
וַ/יִּפֹּ֥לwayipōl
and he fellconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
רֹכְב֖/וֹrōkəbwō
rider itsverbH7392
carry · get up · on back · put ···
אָחֽוֹרʾāḥwōr
backwardsnounH268
back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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