Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 49:4 Interlinear
“Unstable as water thou shalt not excel because thou wentest up bed to thy father's then defiledst thou to my couch because thou wentest up”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | פַּ֤חַז | H6349 | Unstable | ebullition, i.e., froth (figuratively, lust) |
| 2 | כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ | H4325 | as water | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
| 3 | אַל | H408 | not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | |
| 4 | תּוֹתַ֔ר | H3498 | thou shalt not excel | to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve |
| 5 | כִּ֥י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 6 | עָלָֽה׃ | H5927 | because thou wentest up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 7 | מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י | H4904 | bed | a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse |
| 8 | אָבִ֑יךָ | H1 | to thy father's | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 9 | אָ֥ז | H227 | at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore | |
| 10 | חִלַּ֖לְתָּ | H2490 | then defiledst thou | properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin |
| 11 | יְצוּעִ֥י | H3326 | to my couch | spread, i.e., a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e., wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively) |
| 12 | עָלָֽה׃ | H5927 | because thou wentest up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
Verse Context
Genesis 49:3Reuben thou art my firstborn my might and the beginning of my strength...
Genesis 49:4 (current)Unstable as water thou shalt not excel because thou wentest up bed to thy father's then defiledst thou to my couch because thou wentest up
Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren instruments of cruelty are in their habitations...