Genesis Chapter 49 verse 9 Holy Bible
Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
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Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
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Judah is a young lion; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stoopeth, he layeth himself down as a lion, And as a lioness: who will rouse him up?
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Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
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Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou hast gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion: who shall rouse him up?
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Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, As a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
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A lion's whelp `is' Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Judah is a lion's whelp.--We have seen that the sons of Jacob had each his signet, and that Judah's was so large as to be worn by him attached to a cord fastened round his neck (Genesis 38:18). Probably his emblem was a lion; that of Zebulun a ship; that of Issachar an ass; that of Dan an adder, and so on. Using then his self-chosen emblem, Jacob compares him, first, to a "lion's whelp," full of activity and enterprise, and which, after feasting upon its prey, goes up to its mountain lair, calm and fearless in the consciousness of its strength. But as Judah is a young lion in his activity and fearlessness, so is he "a lion" full-grown and majestic in his repose, which Jacob's words literally describe. For the "stooping down" is the bending of the limbs together before the lion couches, that is, lies down in his den.As an old lion.--Heb., as a lioness, the female being said to be more fierce than the male, and to resent more angrily any disturbance of its rest.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewJudahיְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelitesis a youngגּ֤וּר (gūr)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1482: A cub, of the lionlion—אַרְיֵה֙ (’ar·yêh)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 738: A lionmy son,בְּנִ֣י (bə·nî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 1121: A sonyou returnעָלִ֑יתָ (‘ā·lî·ṯā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 5927: To ascend, in, activelyfrom the prey.מִטֶּ֖רֶף (miṭ·ṭe·rep̄)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2964: Something torn, a fragment, a fresh leaf, prey, foodLike a lionכְּאַרְיֵ֛ה (kə·’ar·yêh)Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 738: A lionhe crouchesכָּרַ֨ע (kā·ra‘)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3766: To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate[and] lies down;רָבַ֧ץ (rā·ḇaṣ)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbedlike a lioness,וּכְלָבִ֖יא (ū·ḵə·lā·ḇî)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3833: To roar, a lion,whoמִ֥י (mî)InterrogativeStrong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffixdares to rouse him?יְקִימֶֽנּוּ׃ (yə·qî·men·nū)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularStrong's 6965: To arise, stand up, standJump to PreviousBroken Couched Couches Crouched Crouches Cub Dares Full Great Judah Lies Lion's Meat Prey Rest Rouse Sleep Stooped Whelp Young