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Genesis 49:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?


Genesis 49:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:912 words
גּוּרgûrCub
אַרְיֵהʾarəyēhLion
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
מִטֶּרֶףmiṭerep̄From torn
בְּנִיbənîSon
עָלִיתָʿālîtāAscend
כָּרַעkāraʿBend
רָבַץrāvaṣCrouch
כְּאַרְיֵהkəʾarəyēhLike lion
וּכְלָבִיאûḵəlāvîʾAnd like lion
מִיWho?
יְקִימֶנּוּyəqîmenûRise
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

גּוּרgûrCub
אַרְיֵהʾarəyēhLion
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
מִטֶּרֶףmiṭerep̄From torn
בְּנִיbənîSon
עָלִיתָʿālîtāAscend
כָּרַעkāraʿBend
רָבַץrāvaṣCrouch
כְּאַרְיֵהkəʾarəyēhLike lion
וּכְלָבִיאûḵəlāvîʾAnd like lion
מִיWho?
יְקִימֶנּוּyəqîmenûRise

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