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Genesis 49:27 — King James Version← Study notes

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.


Genesis 49:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:279 words
בִּנְיָמִיןbinəyāmînBinjamin
זְאֵבzəʾēvWolf
יִטְרָףyiṭərāp̄Pluck off
בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn
יֹאכַלyōʾḵalEat
עַדʿadBooty
וְלָעֶרֶבwəlāʿerevAnd to dusk
יְחַלֵּקyəḥalēqBe smooth
שָׁלָלšālālBooty
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בִּנְיָמִיןbinəyāmînBinjamin
זְאֵבzəʾēvWolf
יִטְרָףyiṭərāp̄Pluck off
בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn
יֹאכַלyōʾḵalEat
עַדʿadBooty
וְלָעֶרֶבwəlāʿerevAnd to dusk
יְחַלֵּקyəḥalēqBe smooth
שָׁלָלšālālBooty

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