Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 49:15 Interlinear

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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