Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 49:15 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 49:15, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

And he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear unto tribute and became a servant

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֤רְאH7200And he sawto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
2מְנֻחָה֙H4496that restrepose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
3כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
4ט֔וֹבH2896was goodgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
5וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6הָאָ֖רֶץH776and the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
7כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
8נָעֵ֑מָהH5276that it was pleasantto be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
9וַיֵּ֤טH5186and bowedto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
10שִׁכְמוֹ֙H7926his shoulderthe neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
11לִסְבֹּ֔לH5445to bearto carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
12וַיְהִ֖יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
13לְמַסH4522unto tributeproperly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e., a tax in the form of forced labor
14עֹבֵֽד׃H5647and became a servantto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc

Verse Context

Genesis 49:14Issachar ass is a strong couching down between two burdens...
Genesis 49:15 (current)And he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear unto tribute and became a servant
Genesis 49:16Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel...

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