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Genesischapter 49

33 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

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The reading

Weekly portion 12 of 54

וַיְחִי Vayechi, Genesis 47:28 to 50:26

Read with it: 1 Kings 2:1 to 2:12.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

How it is read

This is the chapter of the half where the corpus holds the least English and the most citation. Rashi comments at twenty-three places, one for almost every tribe, and the corpus holds no English of any of them under a licence permitting quotation, so his whole commentary on the blessings stands here as reference: Rashi on Genesis 49:1:1, 49:3:1, 49:4:1, 49:5:1, 49:6:1, 49:7:1, 49:8:1, 49:9:1, 49:10:1, 49:11:1, 49:12:1, 49:13:1, 49:14:1, 49:15:1, 49:16:1, 49:17:1, 49:18:1, 49:19:1, 49:20:1, 49:21:1, 49:22:1, 49:23:1 and 49:24:1. One comment carries English. Radak reads the call to gather as the formal opening of prophecy rather than of a family conversation: "this was the introduction to his prophetic utterances", and he sets it beside the opening line of Moses' parting song in Deuteronomy as the same kind of address (Radak on Genesis 49:2:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY).

What the rabbis say

The corpus records forty rabbinic locators on this chapter, thirty-two of them Midrash and eight Talmud, and the Talmud count is the second highest in this half of the book, which is what a chapter of blessings on the twelve tribes draws. Bamidbar Rabbah carries the tribal readings and is cited eleven times, at 6:2, 10:2, 10:5, 13:4, 13:8, 13:15, 13:17, 14:5, 14:6, 14:11 and 18:5, one or more for most of the sons in turn. Aggadat Bereshit is cited at 3:1, 37:2, 49:3, 56:1, 62:4, 73:2, 81:2 and 83:1, and Bereshit Rabbah at 80:10, 87:6, 98:3, 98:5, 98:15, 98:17 and 100:1, the last at Jacob's charge about his burial. Bereshit Rabbati stands at Parashat Vayechi 29, Midrash Aggadah at Genesis 49:30:1 and at Numbers 1:12:1, Midrash Sekhel Tov at Bereshit 49:32:1, Devarim Rabbah at 2:35, and Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition) at Shabbat 20:4. The eight Talmud locators fall on the tribes whose blessings the rabbis read hardest and on Jacob's death: Avot DeRabbi Natan, Recension B 44:3 at Reuben, 37:1 and 44:1 at Simeon and Levi, Avodah Zarah 25a:12 at Judah, Berakhot 57a:6 at the vine and the wine, Bava Kamma 17a:10 at Issachar, and Avot DeRabbi Natan 36:3 and 11:1 at the burial charge and at the gathering to his people.

The text, verse by verse

Each word shows the Hebrew, the English under it, how it sounds and its Strong’s number. A rule between verses marks where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Reuben, Simeon, and Levi

49:1
וַיִּקְרָ֥אand he summonedvaiyikra'H7121יַעֲקֹ֖בJacobyaakoH3290אֶל־<to>ʾel-H413בָּנָ֑יוsons hisbanavH1121וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙gather yourselvesheasefuH622וְאַגִּ֣ידָהso let me tellveagidahH5046לָכֶ֔םto youlakhemאֵ֛ת<obj.>ʾetH853אֲשֶׁר־[that] whichʾasher-H834יִקְרָ֥אit will happen toyikra'H7122אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> youʾetkhemH853בְּאַחֲרִ֥יתat [the] end ofbeacharitH319הַיָּמִֽים׃the dayshaiyamimH3117

Ramban on Genesis 49:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
These are the days of the Messiah, for Jacob alludes to him in his words, even as he said, Until Shiloh come, and his be the obedience of peoples. 73 Verse 10 here. Now our Rabbis have said. Pesachim 56a.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

49:2
הִקָּבְצ֥וּassemblehikavetzuH6908וְשִׁמְע֖וּand listenveshimuH8085בְּנֵ֣יO sons ofbeneiH1121יַעֲקֹ֑בJacobyaakoH3290וְשִׁמְע֖וּand listenveshimuH8085אֶל־toʾel-H413יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לIsraelyisraelH3478אֲבִיכֶֽם׃father yourʾavikhemH1
49:3
רְאוּבֵן֙O ReubenreuvenH7205בְּכֹ֣רִי[are] firstborn mybekhoriH1060אַ֔תָּהyouʾatahH859כֹּחִ֖יstrength mykochiH3581וְרֵאשִׁ֣יתand [the] beginning ofvereshitH7225אוֹנִ֑יmanly vigor myʾoniH202יֶ֥תֶרexcellence ofyeterH3499שְׂאֵ֖תdignityseetH7613וְיֶ֥תֶרand excellence ofveyeterH3499עָֽז׃powerʾazH5794
49:4
פַּ֤חַזdestructivenesspachazH6349כַּמַּ֙יִם֙like <the> waterkamayimH4325אַל־may notʾal-H408תּוֹתַ֔רyou exceltotarH3498כִּ֥יforkiH3588עָלִ֖יתָyou went upʾalitaH5927מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י[the] bed<s> ofmishkeveiH4904אָבִ֑יךָfather yourʾavikhaH1אָ֥זthenʾazH227חִלַּ֖לְתָּyou profaned [it]chilaltaH2490יְצוּעִ֥יcouch myyetzuiH3326עָלָֽה׃he went upʾalahH5927
49:5
שִׁמְע֥וֹןSimeonshimonH8095וְלֵוִ֖יand LeviveleviH3878אַחִ֑ים[are] brothersʾachimH251כְּלֵ֥י[are] weapons ofkeleiH3627חָמָ֖סviolencechamasH2555מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃swords theirmekheroteihemH4380
49:6
בְּסֹדָם֙in council theirbesodamH5475אַל־may notʾal-H408תָּבֹ֣אit entertavo'H935נַפְשִׁ֔יself mynafshiH5315בִּקְהָלָ֖םin assembly theirbikhalamH6951אַל־may notʾal-H408תֵּחַ֣דit be unitedtechadH3161כְּבֹדִ֑יhonor mykevodiH3519כִּ֤יforkiH3588בְאַפָּם֙in anger theirveapamH639הָ֣רְגוּthey slewhareguH2026אִ֔ישׁa manʾishH376וּבִרְצֹנָ֖םand for pleasure theiruvirtzonamH7522עִקְּרוּ־they hamstrungʾikeru-H6131שֽׁוֹר׃ox[en]shorH7794
49:7
אָר֤וּר[be] cursedʾarurH779אַפָּם֙anger theirʾapamH639כִּ֣יforkiH3588עָ֔זfierceʾazH5794וְעֶבְרָתָ֖םand wrath theirveevratamH5678כִּ֣יforkiH3588קָשָׁ֑תָהit is hardkashatahH7185אֲחַלְּקֵ֣םI will divide themʾachalekemH2505בְּיַעֲקֹ֔בin JacobbeyaakoH3290וַאֲפִיצֵ֖םand I will scatter themvaafitzemH6327בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃in IsraelbeyisraelH3478

The Scepter Shall Not Leave Judah

49:8
יְהוּדָ֗הO JudahyehudahH3063אַתָּה֙youʾatahH859יוֹד֣וּךָthey will praise youyodukhaH3034אַחֶ֔יךָbrothers yourʾacheikhaH251יָדְךָ֖hand youryadekhaH3027בְּעֹ֣רֶף[will be] on [the] neck ofbeorefH6203אֹיְבֶ֑יךָenemies yourʾoyeveikhaH341יִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּthey will bow downyishtachavuH7812לְךָ֖to youlekhaבְּנֵ֥י[the] sons ofbeneiH1121אָבִֽיךָ׃father yourʾavikhaH1
49:9
גּ֤וּר[is] a cub ofgurH1482אַרְיֵה֙a lionʾaryehH738יְהוּדָ֔הJudahyehudahH3063מִטֶּ֖רֶףfrom preymiterefH2964בְּנִ֣יO son mybeniH1121עָלִ֑יתָyou have gone upʾalitaH5927כָּרַ֨עhe bows downkara'H3766רָבַ֧ץhe lies downravatzH7257כְּאַרְיֵ֛הlike a lionkearyehH738וּכְלָבִ֖יאand like a lionukhelavi'H3833מִ֥יwho?miH4310יְקִימֶֽנּוּ׃will he rouse himyekimenuH6965
49:10
לֹֽא־notlo'-H3808יָס֥וּרit will departyasurH5493שֵׁ֙בֶט֙a sceptershevetH7626מִֽיהוּדָ֔הfrom JudahmihudahH3063וּמְחֹקֵ֖קand a ruler's staffumechokekH2710מִבֵּ֣יןfrom betweenmibeinH996רַגְלָ֑יוfeet hisraglavH7272עַ֚דuntilʾadH5704כִּֽי־thatki-H3588יָבֹ֣אhe will comeyavo'H935שִׁיל֔וֹShilohshilohH7886וְל֖וֹand [will belong] to himveloיִקְּהַ֥ת[the] obedience ofyikehatH3349עַמִּֽים׃peoplesʾamimH5971

Ramban on Genesis 49:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Its purport is not that the sceptre of royalty shall never depart from Judah, for it is written, The Eternal will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, 122 Deuteronomy:36.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

49:11
אֹסְרִ֤יbindingʾoseriH631לַגֶּ֙פֶן֙to the vinelagefenH1612עִיר֔וֹdonkey hisiroH5895וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖הand to the choice vinevelasorekahH8321בְּנִ֣י[the] young one ofbeniH1121אֲתֹנ֑וֹdonkey hisʾatonoH860כִּבֵּ֤סhe will washkibesH3526בַּיַּ֙יִן֙in <the> winebaiyayinH3196לְבֻשׁ֔וֹclothing hislevushoH3830וּבְדַם־and in [the] blood ofuvedam-H1818עֲנָבִ֖יםgrapesʾanavimH6025סוּתֽוֹ׃robe hissutoH5497

Ibn Ezra on Genesis 49:11

Ibn EzraSpain, 1089–1167· Commentary
The yod of oseri (binding) is superfluous. 82 The usual form is oser.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

49:12
חַכְלִילִ֥יdark ofchakhliliH2447עֵינַ֖יִםeyesʾeinayimH5869מִיָּ֑יִןmore than winemiyayinH3196וּלְבֶן־and white ofuleven-H3836שִׁנַּ֖יִםteethshinayimH8127מֵחָלָֽב׃more than milkmechalavH2461

Ramban on Genesis 49:12

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
HIS EYES ARE ‘CHACHLILI’ (FROM WINE). The Commentators. Rashi, Ibn Ezra, and R’dak. say that the word chachlili denotes redness, and it means that his eyes will become red from drinking much wine. Of similar meaning is the verse, Who hath ‘chachliluth’ (redness) of the eyes? 171 Proverbs:29-30.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

From Zebulun Through Naphtali

49:13
זְבוּלֻ֕ןZebulunzevulunH2074לְח֥וֹףto [the] coast oflechofH2348יַמִּ֖ים[the] seasyamimH3220יִשְׁכֹּ֑ןhe will dwellyishkonH7931וְהוּא֙and hevehu'H1931לְח֣וֹףto a harbor oflechofH2348אֳנִיּ֔וֹתshipsʾoniyotH591וְיַרְכָת֖וֹand side hisveyarkhatoH3411עַל־[will be] atʾal-H5921צִידֹֽן׃SidontzidonH6721
49:14
יִשָּׂשכָ֖רIssacharyisoshkharH3485חֲמֹ֣ר[is] a donkey ofchamorH2543גָּ֑רֶםbonegaremH1634רֹבֵ֖ץlying downrovetzH7257בֵּ֥יןbetweenbeinH996הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃the two campfireshamishpetayimH4942
49:15
וַיַּ֤רְאand he sawvaiyar'H7200מְנֻחָה֙a resting placemenuchahH4496כִּ֣יthatkiH3588ט֔וֹבit was goodtovH2895וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853הָאָ֖רֶץthe landhaaretzH776כִּ֣יthatkiH3588נָעֵ֑מָהit was pleasantnaemahH5276וַיֵּ֤טand he bent downvaiyetH5186שִׁכְמוֹ֙shoulder hisshikhmoH7926לִסְבֹּ֔לto carry a loadlisbolH5445וַיְהִ֖יand he becamevayhiH1961לְמַס־<into> forced labor oflemas-H4522עֹבֵֽד׃laboringʾovedH5647
49:16
דָּ֖ןDandanH1835יָדִ֣יןhe will judgeyadinH1777עַמּ֑וֹpeople hisamoH5971כְּאַחַ֖דlike one ofkeachadH259שִׁבְטֵ֥י[the] tribes ofshivteiH7626יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃IsraelyisraelH3478
49:17
יְהִי־may he beyehi-H1961דָן֙DandanH1835נָחָ֣שׁa snakenachashH5175עֲלֵי־onʾalei-H5921דֶ֔רֶךְa roadderekhH1870שְׁפִיפֹ֖ןa vipershefifonH8207עֲלֵי־onʾalei-H5921אֹ֑רַחa pathʾorachH734הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙the [one which] biteshanoshekhH5391עִקְּבֵי־[the] heels ofʾikevei-H6119ס֔וּסa horsesusH5483וַיִּפֹּ֥לand he fellvaiyipolH5307רֹכְב֖וֹrider itsrokhevoH7392אָחֽוֹר׃backwardsʾachorH268
49:18
לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֖for deliverance yourlishuatekhaH3444קִוִּ֥יתִיI wait eagerlykivitiH6960יְהוָֽה׃O YahwehyahwehH3068
49:19
גָּ֖דGadgadH1410גְּד֣וּדa marauding bandgedudH1416יְגוּדֶ֑נּוּit will attack himyegudenuH1464וְה֖וּאand hevehu'H1931יָגֻ֥דhe will attackyagudH1464עָקֵֽב׃a heelʾakevH6119
49:20
מֵאָשֵׁ֖רfrom AshermeasherH836שְׁמֵנָ֣ה[will be] richshemenahH8082לַחְמ֑וֹfood hislachmoH3899וְה֥וּאand hevehu'H1931יִתֵּ֖ןhe will provideyitenH5414מַֽעֲדַנֵּי־delicacies ofmaadanei-H4574מֶֽלֶךְ׃a kingmelekhH4428
49:21
נַפְתָּלִ֖יNaphtalinaftaliH5321אַיָּלָ֣ה[is] a doeʾaiyalahH355שְׁלֻחָ֑הlet loosesheluchahH7971הַנֹּתֵ֖ןthe [one which] uttershanotenH5414אִמְרֵי־words ofʾimrei-H561שָֽׁפֶר׃beautyshaferH8233

Joseph, a Fruitful Bough

49:22
בֵּ֤ן[is] a son ofbenH1121פֹּרָת֙a fruit-bearerporatH6509יוֹסֵ֔ףJosephyosefH3130בֵּ֥ןa son ofbenH1121פֹּרָ֖תa fruit-bearerporatH6509עֲלֵי־atʾalei-H5921עָ֑יִןa springʾayinH5869בָּנ֕וֹתdaughtersbanotH1323צָעֲדָ֖הshe will climbtzaadahH6805עֲלֵי־overʾalei-H5921שֽׁוּר׃a wallshurH7791
49:23
וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּand they showed bitterness to himvaymararuhuH4843וָרֹ֑בּוּand they shotvarobuH7232וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּand they bear a grudge himvaiyistemuhuH7852בַּעֲלֵ֥יmasters ofbaaleiH1167חִצִּֽים׃arrowschitzimH2671
49:24
וַתֵּ֤שֶׁבand it remainedvateshevH3427בְּאֵיתָן֙in permanencebeeitanH386קַשְׁתּ֔וֹbow hiskashtoH7198וַיָּפֹ֖זּוּand they were agilevaiyafozuH6339זְרֹעֵ֣י[the] arms ofzeroeiH2220יָדָ֑יוhands hisyadavH3027מִידֵי֙from [the] hands ofmideiH3027אֲבִ֣יר[the] mighty one ofʾavirH46יַעֲקֹ֔בJacobyaakoH3290מִשָּׁ֥ם[is] from theremishamH8033רֹעֶ֖ה[the] shepherdroehH7462אֶ֥בֶן[the] stone ofʾevenH68יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃IsraelyisraelH3478
49:25
מֵאֵ֨לfrom [the] God ofmeelH410אָבִ֜יךָfather yourʾavikhaH1וְיַעְזְרֶ֗ךָּand he will help youveya'zerekaH5826וְאֵ֤תand <obj.>veetH853שַׁדַּי֙AlmightyshadaiH7706וִיבָ֣רְכֶ֔ךָּand he will bless youvivarekhekaH1288בִּרְכֹ֤תblessings ofbirkhotH1293שָׁמַ֙יִם֙heavenshamayimH8064מֵעָ֔ל<from> abovemealH5921בִּרְכֹ֥תblessings ofbirkhotH1293תְּה֖וֹם[the] deeptehomH8415רֹבֶ֣צֶת[which] liesrovetzetH7257תָּ֑חַתbeneathtachatH8478בִּרְכֹ֥תblessings ofbirkhotH1293שָׁדַ֖יִםbreastsshadayimH7699וָרָֽחַם׃and wombvarachamH7356
49:26
בִּרְכֹ֣ת[the] blessings ofbirkhotH1293אָבִ֗יךָfather yourʾavikhaH1גָּֽבְרוּ֙they have prevailedgaveruH1396עַל־overʾal-H5921בִּרְכֹ֣ת[the] blessings ofbirkhotH1293הוֹרַ֔י[the men who] conceived mehoraiH2029עַֽד־toʾad-H5704תַּאֲוַ֖תdesire oftaavatH8379גִּבְעֹ֣תhills ofgivotH1389עוֹלָ֑םantiquityolamH5769תִּֽהְיֶ֙ין֙may they be[long]tihyeinH1961לְרֹ֣אשׁto [the] head ofleroshH7218יוֹסֵ֔ףJosephyosefH3130וּלְקָדְקֹ֖דand to the scalpulekadekodH6936נְזִ֥יר[the] prince ofnezirH5139אֶחָֽיו׃brothers hisʾechavH251

Benjamin, and Jacob's Last Charge

49:27
בִּנְיָמִין֙BenjaminbinyaminH1144זְאֵ֣ב[is] a wolfzeevH2061יִטְרָ֔ף[which] it tears to piecesyitrafH2963בַּבֹּ֖קֶרin the morningbabokerH1242יֹ֣אכַלhe consumesyokhalH398עַ֑דbootyʾadH5706וְלָעֶ֖רֶבand to the eveningvelaerevH6153יְחַלֵּ֥קhe dividesyechalekH2505שָׁלָֽל׃plundershalalH7998
49:28
כָּל־allkol-H3605אֵ֛לֶּהtheseʾelehH428שִׁבְטֵ֥י[are] [the] tribes ofshivteiH7626יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsraelyisraelH3478שְׁנֵ֣יםtwo [plus]sheneimH8147עָשָׂ֑רtenʾasarH6240וְ֠זֹאתand thisvezotH2063אֲשֶׁר־[is that] whichʾasher-H834דִּבֶּ֨רhe spokediberH1696לָהֶ֤םto themlahemאֲבִיהֶם֙father theirʾavihemH1וַיְבָ֣רֶךְand he blessedvayvarekhH1288אוֹתָ֔ם<obj.> themʾotamH853אִ֛ישׁeveryoneʾishH376אֲשֶׁ֥רwhomʾasherH834כְּבִרְכָת֖וֹaccording to blessing hiskevirkhatoH1293בֵּרַ֥ךְhe blessedberakhH1288אֹתָֽם׃<obj.> themʾotamH853
49:29
וַיְצַ֣וand he commandedvaytzavH6680אוֹתָ֗ם<obj.> themʾotamH853וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֲלֵהֶם֙to themʾalehemH413אֲנִי֙IʾaniH589נֶאֱסָ֣ף[am] about to be gatheredneesafH622אֶל־toʾel-H413עַמִּ֔יpeople myʾamiH5971קִבְר֥וּburykivruH6912אֹתִ֖י<obj.> meʾotiH853אֶל־withʾel-H413אֲבֹתָ֑יfathers myʾavotaiH1אֶל־intoʾel-H413הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔הthe cavehamearahH4631אֲשֶׁ֥רwhichʾasherH834בִּשְׂדֵ֖ה[is] in [the] field ofbisdehH7704עֶפְר֥וֹןEphronefronH6085הַֽחִתִּֽי׃the HittitehachitiH2850
49:30
בַּמְּעָרָ֞הin the cavebamearahH4631אֲשֶׁ֨רwhichʾasherH834בִּשְׂדֵ֧ה[is] in [the] field ofbisdehH7704הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה<the> MachpelahhamakhpelahH4375אֲשֶׁ֥רwhichʾasherH834עַל־[is] onʾal-H5921פְּנֵי־[the] face ofpenei-H6440מַמְרֵ֖אMamremamre'H4471בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land ofbeeretzH776כְּנָ֑עַןCanaankenaanH3667אֲשֶׁר֩whichʾasherH834קָנָ֨הhe boughtkanahH7069אַבְרָהָ֜םAbrahamʾavrahamH85אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853הַשָּׂדֶ֗הthe fieldhasadehH7704מֵאֵ֛תfrom withmeetH854עֶפְרֹ֥ןEphronʾefronH6085הַחִתִּ֖יthe HittitehachitiH2850לַאֲחֻזַּת־to a possession oflaachuzat-H272קָֽבֶר׃a burial sitekaverH6913
49:31
שָׁ֣מָּהthere <towards>shamahH8033קָֽבְר֞וּpeople buriedkaveruH6912אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אַבְרָהָ֗םAbrahamʾavrahamH85וְאֵת֙and <obj.>veetH853שָׂרָ֣הSarahsarahH8283אִשְׁתּ֔וֹwife hisʾishtoH802שָׁ֚מָּהthere <towards>shamahH8033קָבְר֣וּpeople buriedkaveruH6912אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853יִצְחָ֔קIsaacyitzchakH3327וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>veetH853רִבְקָ֣הRebekahrivkahH7259אִשְׁתּ֑וֹwife hisʾishtoH802וְשָׁ֥מָּהand there <towards>veshamahH8033קָבַ֖רְתִּיI buriedkavartiH6912אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853לֵאָֽה׃LeahleahH3812
49:32
מִקְנֵ֧ה[the] livestock ofmiknehH4735הַשָּׂדֶ֛הthe fieldhasadehH7704וְהַמְּעָרָ֥הand the cavevehamearahH4631אֲשֶׁר־whichʾasher-H834בּ֖וֹ[is] in itboמֵאֵ֥תfrom withmeetH854בְּנֵי־[the] sons ofbenei-H1121חֵֽת׃HethchetH2845
49:33
וַיְכַ֤לand he finishedvaykhalH3615יַעֲקֹב֙JacobyaakoH3290לְצַוֹּ֣תto commandletzavotH6680אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853בָּנָ֔יוsons hisbanavH1121וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףand he gatheredvaiyeesofH622רַגְלָ֖יוfeet hisraglavH7272אֶל־intoʾel-H413הַמִּטָּ֑הthe bedhamitahH4296וַיִּגְוַ֖עand he expiredvaiyigva'H1478וַיֵּאָ֥סֶףand he was gatheredvaiyeasefH622אֶל־toʾel-H413עַמָּֽיו׃peoples hisʾamavH5971

Hebrew words in this chapter

The 40 most used Hebrew words of the chapter, counted by lemma. The article, the object marker, the negatives and the common prepositions are left out.

WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
בֵּןbênson9H1121
אָבʼâbfather7H1
בְּרָכָהBᵉrâkâhblessing6H1293
יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbJacob5H3290
יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlIsrael5H3478
אָסַףʼâçaphto gather4H622
עַםʻampeople4H5971
שָׁםshâmthere4H8033
קָבַרqâbarto bury4H6912
שָׂדֶהsâdehin field of4H7704
עָלָהʻâlâhyou went up3H5927
אָחʼâchbrother3H251
יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhJudah3H3063
יָדyâdhand3H3027
רָבַץrâbatshe lies down3H7257
שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scepter3H7626
בָרַךְbârakto bless3H1288
מְעָרָהmᵉʻârâhcave3H4631
אָמַרʼâmarand he said2H559
שָׁמַעshâmaʻand listen2H8085
WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
יֶתֶרyetherexcellence of2H3499
עַזʻazpower2H5794
בּוֹאbôwʼto come2H935
אַףʼaphanger2H639
אִישׁʼîyshman2H376
חָלַקchâlaqto divide2H2505
אֲרִיʼărîylion2H738
רֶגֶלregelfeet his2H7272
יַיִןyayinwine2H3196
עַיִןʻayineyes2H5869
חוֹףchôwphcoast2H2348
אֶרֶץʼeretsland2H776
דָּןDânDan2H1835
עָקֵבʻâqêbheel2H6119
גּוּדgûwdit will attack him2H1464
נָתַןnâthanhe will provide2H5414
פָּרָהpârâha fruit-bearer2H6509
יוֹסֵףYôwçêphJoseph2H3130
צָוָהtsâvâhto command2H6680
עֶפְרוֹןʻEphrôwnEphron2H6085

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Sources for this chapter

The Hebrew text

STEP Bible, the tagged Hebrew text and its English glosses and James Strong, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.

In Jewish life

Radak, Radak on Genesis 49:2:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY; Rashi, Rashi on Genesis 49:1:1, 49:3:1, 49:4:1, 49:5:1, 49:6:1, 49:7:1, 49:8:1, 49:9:1, 49:10:1, 49:11:1, 49:12:1, 49:13:1, 49:14:1, 49:15:1, 49:16:1, 49:17:1, 49:18:1, 49:19:1, 49:20:1, 49:21:1, 49:22:1, 49:23:1 and 49:24:1, cited only, no English version in the corpus under a licence permitting quotation; Midrash, Bamidbar Rabbah 6:2, 10:2, 10:5, 13:4, 13:8, 13:15, 13:17, 14:5, 14:6, 14:11 and 18:5; Aggadat Bereshit 3:1, 37:2, 49:3, 56:1, 62:4, 73:2, 81:2 and 83:1; Bereshit Rabbah 80:10, 87:6, 98:3, 98:5, 98:15, 98:17 and 100:1; Bereshit Rabbati, Parashat Vayechi 29; Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 49:30:1 and Numbers 1:12:1; Midrash Sekhel Tov, Bereshit 49:32:1; Devarim Rabbah 2:35; Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition), Shabbat 20:4; Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 25a:12, Berakhot 57a:6, Bava Kamma 17a:10 and Avot DeRabbi Natan, Avot DeRabbi Natan 11:1 and 36:3; Avot DeRabbi Natan, Recension B 37:1, 44:1 and 44:3.

The rabbinic texts

Ramban, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976; Ibn Ezra, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004 and Sefaria, texts and citation data.

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