Deuteronomy 33:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּכ֨וֹר שׁוֹר֜וֹ הָדָ֣ר ל֗וֹ וְקַרְנֵ֤י רְאֵם֙ קַרְנָ֔יו בָּהֶ֗ם עַמִּ֛ים יְנַגַּ֥ח יַחְדָּ֖ו אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְהֵם֙ רִבְב֣וֹת אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְהֵ֖ם אַלְפֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ ס

Transliteration

Bəkôr šôr-his hādār to-him and-qarnê rəʾēm qarnâw with-them ʿammîm yənaggaḥ yaḥdāw ʾapsê-ʾāreṣ and-they ribəbôt ʾEprayim and-they ʾalpê Mənaššeh

Grammar Details

*bəkôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - firstborn of
*šôrô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bull
*hādār*: noun, masculine singular - majesty/splendor
*lô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*wə-qarnê*: conjunction + noun, feminine dual construct - and horns of
*rəʾēm*: noun, masculine singular - wild ox
*qarnâw*: noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his horns
*bāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with them
*ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
*yənaggaḥ*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gores
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
*ʾapsê*: noun, masculine plural construct - ends of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
*wə-hēm*: conjunction + 3rd masculine plural pronoun - and they
*ribəbôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - ten thousands of
*ʾEprayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
*ʾalpê*: noun, masculine plural construct - thousands of
*Mənaššeh*: proper noun - Manasseh

Word Meanings

*bəkôr*: firstborn/firstling
*šôr*: bull/ox
*hādār*: majesty/splendor/glory/beauty
*rəʾēm*: wild ox/aurochs
*nāgaḥ*: gore/push/thrust
*ʾapsê-ʾāreṣ*: ends of the earth/most distant regions

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Referenced Verses

Num 23:22 : 22 God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
1 Kgs 22:11 : 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
Ps 44:5 : 5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Ps 92:10 : 10 But my horn hast thou exalted like [the horn of] the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.
Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it]; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
1 Chr 5:1 : 1 And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
Num 24:8 : 8 God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite [them] through with his arrows.
Num 26:34 : 34 These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
Num 26:37 : 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
2 Chr 18:10 : 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
Job 39:9-9 : 9 Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? 10 Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Ps 22:21 : 21 Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
Ps 29:6 : 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.
Isa 34:7 : 7 And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Hos 5:3 : 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
Hos 7:1 : 1 When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.

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