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Genesis 49:6 — King James Version← Study notes

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.


Genesis 49:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:615 words
בְּסֹדָםbəsōdāmIn session
אַלʾalNot
תָּבֹאtāvōʾGo
נַפְשִׁיnap̄əšîBreathing creature
בִּקְהָלָםbiqəhālāmIn assemblage
אַלʾalNot
תֵּחַדtēḥadBe
כְּבֹדִיkəvōdîWeight
כִּיRelative conjunction
בְאַפָּםvəʾapāmIn nose
הָרְגוּhārəgûSmite
אִישׁʾîšMan
וּבִרְצֹנָםûvirəṣōnāmAnd in delight
עִקְּרוּʿiqərûPluck
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בְּסֹדָםbəsōdāmIn session
אַלʾalNot
תָּבֹאtāvōʾGo
נַפְשִׁיnap̄əšîBreathing creature
בִּקְהָלָםbiqəhālāmIn assemblage
אַלʾalNot
תֵּחַדtēḥadBe
כְּבֹדִיkəvōdîWeight
כִּיRelative conjunction
בְאַפָּםvəʾapāmIn nose
הָרְגוּhārəgûSmite
אִישׁʾîšMan
וּבִרְצֹנָםûvirəṣōnāmAnd in delight
עִקְּרוּʿiqərûPluck
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock

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