Genesis 49:14 Go deeper

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: (KJV)

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יִשָּׂשכָ֖רyi.so.sh.KharIssachar

Lemma: יִשָּׂשכָר (yis.sa.s.khar) · Strong's: H3485G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Issachar

Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 30:18, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 46:13, Exodus 1:3, Numbers 1:8, Numbers 1:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3485G; TAHOT Genesis 49:14 word 1

חֲמֹ֣רcha.Mor[is] a donkey of

Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2543

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: donkey

Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 32:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2543; TAHOT Genesis 49:14 word 2

גָּ֑רֶםGa.rembone

Lemma: גֶּ֫רֶם (ge.rem) · Strong's: H1634

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: bone

Used 5 times. Also: 2 Kings 9:13, Job 40:18, Proverbs 17:22, Proverbs 25:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1634; TAHOT Genesis 49:14 word 3

רֹבֵ֖ץro.Vetzlying down

Lemma: רָבַץ (ra.vats) · Strong's: H7257

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to stretch

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 49:9, Genesis 49:25, Exodus 23:5, Numbers 22:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7257; TAHOT Genesis 49:14 word 4

בֵּ֥יןbeinbetween

Lemma: בַּ֫יִן (ba.yin) · Strong's: H0996G

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)

Meaning: between

Used 379 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0996G; TAHOT Genesis 49:14 word 5

הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם\׃Ha.mish.pe.Ta.yimthe two campfires

Lemma: מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4942

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)

Meaning: sheepfold

Used 2 times. Also: Judges 5:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4942; TAHOT Genesis 49:14 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Issachar	→	יִשָּׂשכָר H3485G Issachar
[is] a strong	→	גֶּ֫רֶם H1634 bone
donkey	→	חֲמוֹר H2543 donkey
lying down	→	רָבַץ H7257 to stretch
between	→	בַּ֫יִן H0996G between
the sheepfolds	→	מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם H4942 sheepfold

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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