Deuteronomy 33:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to 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 brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
1 Kgs 22:11 : 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
Ps 44:5 : 5 Through thee will we push down{H8762)} our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under{H8799)} that rise up{H8801)} against us.
Ps 92:10 : 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt{H8686)} like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed{H8804)} 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: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
1 Chr 5:1 : 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel,(for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, 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 brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Num 26:34 : 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, 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 had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
Job 39:9-9 : 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn 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: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Ps 29:6 : 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
Isa 34:7 : 7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked 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 committest whoredom, and 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 early dew it goeth away.
Hos 7:1 : 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

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