Genesis 49:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גּ֤וּר אַרְיֵה֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה מִטֶּ֖רֶף בְּנִ֣י עָלִ֑יתָ כָּרַ֨ע רָבַ֧ץ כְּאַרְיֵ֛ה וּכְלָבִ֖יא מִ֥י יְקִימֶֽנּוּ

Transliteration

gûr ʾaryēh yəhûdāh from-ṭerep bənî ʿālîtā kāraʿ rābaṣ like-ʾaryēh and-like-lābîʾ who yəqîmennû

Grammar Details

*gûr*: noun masculine singular construct - cub of
*ʾaryēh*: noun masculine singular - lion
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
*ṭerep*: noun masculine singular - prey/torn flesh
*bənî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my son
*ʿālîtā*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you went up
*kāraʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he stooped down
*rābaṣ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he crouched
*lābîʾ*: noun masculine singular - lion/lioness
*yəqîmennû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he will rouse him

Word Meanings

*gûr ʾaryēh*: lion's cub/whelp of a lion
*ṭerep*: prey/torn flesh/food
*ʿālîtā*: you went up/ascended/grew up
*kāraʿ*: he stooped down/bowed down/crouched
*rābaṣ*: he crouched/lay down/reclined
*lābîʾ*: lion/lioness/great lion

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
1 Cor 15:24 : 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
Ezek 19:5 : 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Hos 5:4 : 4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

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