Genesis 49:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked [ an ox.]

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּסֹדָם֙ אַל־תָּבֹ֣א נַפְשִׁ֔י בִּקְהָלָ֖ם אַל־תֵּחַ֣ד כְּבֹדִ֑י כִּ֤י בְאַפָּם֙ הָ֣רְגוּ אִ֔ישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם עִקְּרוּ־שֽׁוֹר

Transliteration

in-sôdām not-tābōʾ napšî in-qəhālām not-tēḥad kəbōdî because in-ʾappām they-hārəgû ʾîš and-in-riṣōnām they-ʿiqqərû-šôr

Grammar Details

*sôdām*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their council
*tābōʾ*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular jussive - let come
*napšî*: noun feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my soul
*qəhālām*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their assembly
*tēḥad*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular jussive - let be united
*kəbōdî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my honor/glory
*ʾappām*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their anger
*hārəgû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they killed
*ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - man
*riṣōnām*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their pleasure/will
*ʿiqqərû*: Piel perfect 3rd common plural - they hamstrung
*šôr*: noun masculine singular - ox/bull

Word Meanings

*sôdām*: their council/secret counsel/assembly
*napšî*: my soul/life/self
*qəhālām*: their assembly/congregation/company
*kəbōdî*: my honor/glory/dignity
*ʾappām*: their anger/nose/face
*riṣōnām*: their pleasure/will/self-will
*ʿiqqərû*: they hamstrung/houghed/cut the hamstring of

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Referenced Verses

Ps 26:9 : 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Ps 57:8 : 8 Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Ps 64:2 : 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
Ps 16:9 : 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety.
Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
Gen 34:25-26 : 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.
Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
Ps 103:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.
Ps 139:19 : 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Prov 1:15-16 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Prov 12:5 : 5 The thoughts of the righteous are just; [But] the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Jer 4:19 : 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
Deut 27:24 : 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Judg 5:21 : 21 The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
Ps 5:10 : 10 Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
Ps 28:3 : 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
Ps 30:12 : 12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Ps 42:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.
Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 43:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.

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