Genesis 49:4
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
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ASV
Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
KJV
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| פַּ֤חַז | Pa.chaz | destructiveness | H6349 → |
| כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ | ka.Ma.yim | like <the> water | H4325 → |
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תּוֹתַ֔ר | to.Tar | you excel | H3498 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| עָלִ֖יתָ | 'a.Li.ta | you went up | H5927 → |
| מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י | mish.ke.Vei | [the] bed<s> of | H4904 → |
| אָבִ֑יךָ | 'a.Vi.kha | father your | H1 → |
| אָ֥ז | 'az | then | H227 → |
| חִלַּ֖לְתָּ | chi.Lal.ta | you profaned [it] | H2490 → |
| יְצוּעִ֥י | ye.tzu.'I | couch my | H3326 → |
| עָלָֽה׃ פ | 'a.Lah | he went up | H5927 → |
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