Genesis 49:9
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 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? | Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? | 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 a lioness; who shall rouse him up? |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [is] a cub of | גּ֤וּר | gur | H1482 | whelpגּוּר (gur) cub, whelp, young |
| a lion | אַרְיֵה֙ | 'ar-YEH | H0738B | lionאַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) 1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions Aramaic equivalent: ar.yeh (אַרְיֵה "lion" H0744) |
| Judah | יְהוּדָ֔ה | ye-hu-DAH | H3063G | Judahיְהוּד (ye.hud) A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); married to Bath-shua (H1323I) and Tamar (H8559); father of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209), Shelah (H7956), Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I) Aramaic of ye.hu.dah (יְהוּדָה "Judah" H3063) Judah-the territory of the tribe of Judah |
| from prey | מִטֶּ֖רֶף | mi-TE-ref | H2964 | preyטֶ֫רֶף (te.reph) 1) prey, food, leaf 1a) prey 1b) food 1c) leaf |
| O son my | בְּנִ֣י | be-NI | H1121A | son: childבֵּן (ben) : child/son |
| you have gone up | עָלִ֑יתָ | 'a-LI-ta | H5927G | to ascend: riseעָלָה (a.lah) : rise/go 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away … |
| he bows down | כָּרַ֨ע | ka-RA' | H3766 | to bowכָּרַע (ka.ra) 1) to bend, kneel, bow, bow down, sink down to one's knees, kneel down to rest (of animals), kneel in reverence 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bow 1a2) to bow down, crouch 1a3) to bow down over 1a4) to tilt, lean 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to bow |
| he lies down | רָבַ֧ץ | ra-VATZ | H7257 | to stretchרָבַץ (ra.vats) 1) to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out 1a) (Qal) to lie down, lie 1b)(Hiphil) to cause to lie down 1b1) laying (stones) |
| like a lion | כְּאַרְיֵ֛ה | ke-'ar-YEH | H0738B | lionאַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) 1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions Aramaic equivalent: ar.yeh (אַרְיֵה "lion" H0744) |
| and like a lion | וּכְלָבִ֖יא | u-khe-la-VI' | H3833C | lionessלְבִיָּא (le.viy.ya) lioness Another spelling of la.vi (לָבִיא "lion" H3833C) |
| who? | מִ֥י | mi | H4310 | who?מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
| will he rouse him | יְקִימֶֽנּוּ׃ | ye-ki-ME-nu | H6965B | to arise: riseקוּם (qum) : rise/get_going 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise … |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.