Genesis 49:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹסְרִ֤י לַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ עִיר֔וֹ וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה בְּנִ֣י אֲתֹנ֑וֹ כִּבֵּ֤ס בַּיַּ֙יִן֙ לְבֻשׁ֔וֹ וּבְדַם־עֲנָבִ֖ים סוּתֽוֹ

Transliteration

ʾōsrî to-the-gepen ʿîrō and-to-the-śōrēqāh bənî ʾătōnô kibbēs in-the-yayin ləbûšô and-in-dam-ʿănābîm sûtô

Grammar Details

• *ʾōsrî*: Qal active participle masculine singular construct - binding
• *gepen*: noun feminine singular with definite article - the vine
• *ʿîrō*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his foal
• *śōrēqāh*: noun feminine singular with definite article - the choice vine
• *bənî*: noun masculine singular construct - son of
• *ʾătōnô*: noun feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his female donkey
• *kibbēs*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he washed
• *yayin*: noun masculine singular with definite article - the wine
• *ləbûšô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his garment
• *dam*: noun masculine singular construct - blood of
• *ʿănābîm*: noun masculine plural - grapes
• *sûtô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his covering

Word Meanings

• *ʾōsrî*: binding/tying
• *gepen*: vine/vineyard
• *ʿîrō*: his foal/colt/donkey
• *śōrēqāh*: choice vine/red vine/noble vine
• *bənî ʾătōnô*: son of his female donkey/young of his donkey
• *kibbēs*: he washed/cleansed/laundered
• *sûtô*: his covering/garment/vesture/robe

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:32 : 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive - trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
• Isa 63:1-3 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
• Joel 3:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
• Mic 4:4 : 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Rev 19:18 : 18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, {G846} and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.
• 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
• 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.