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Genesis 49

Gen. 49:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Os my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
not thou into their secret
cowd (Hebrew #5475)
a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret
KJV usage: assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel).
Pronounce: sode
Origin: from 3245
; unto their assembly
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
, mine honor
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
, be not thou united
yachad (Hebrew #3161)
to be (or become) one
KJV usage: join, unite.
Pronounce: yaw-khad'
Origin: a primitive root
: for in their anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
they slew
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, and in their selfwill
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
they λdigged down
`aqar (Hebrew #6131)
to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
KJV usage: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
Pronounce: aw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
a wall
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
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Psa. 26:9• 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; (Psa. 26:9)
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Prov. 1:15‑16• 15--my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
 16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. (Prov. 1:15‑16)
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or, houghed oxen.

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Assembly,
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Soul; Spirit,
Walls

Cross References

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O my soul.
Judg. 5:21• 21The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. My soul, thou hast trodden down strength! (Judg. 5:21)
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Psa. 42:5,11• 5Why art thou cast down, my soul, and art disquieted in me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, for the health of his countenance.
 11Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 42:5,11)
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Psa. 43:5• 5Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 43:5)
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Psa. 103:1• 1A Psalm of David. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name! (Psa. 103:1)
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Jer. 4:19• 19My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war. (Jer. 4:19)
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Luke 12:19• 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry. (Luke 12:19)
come.
Gen. 34:30• 30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land--among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (Gen. 34:30)
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Psa. 5:10• 10Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee. (Psa. 5:10)
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Psa. 26:4‑5• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
 5I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked. (Psa. 26:4‑5)
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Psa. 28:3• 3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. (Psa. 28:3)
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Psa. 94:20‑21• 20Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
 21They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. (Psa. 94:20‑21)
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Psa. 139:19• 19Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. (Psa. 139:19)
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Prov. 1:11,15‑16• 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
 15--my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
 16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. (Prov. 1:11,15‑16)
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Prov. 12:5• 5The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit. (Prov. 12:5)
secret.
Deut. 27:24• 24Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:24)
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Psa. 26:9• 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; (Psa. 26:9)
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Psa. 64:2• 2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity, (Psa. 64:2)
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Jer. 15:17• 17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor exulted: I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation. (Jer. 15:17)
unto their.
Psa. 1:1• 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners; (Psa. 1:1)
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Psa. 26:9• 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; (Psa. 26:9)
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Psa. 94:20• 20Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law? (Psa. 94:20)
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2 Cor. 6:14• 14Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness? (2 Cor. 6:14)
honour.
Psa. 16:9• 9Therefore my heart rejoiceth, and my glory exulteth; my flesh moreover shall dwell in hope. (Psa. 16:9)
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Psa. 30:12• 12That my glory may sing psalms of thee, and not be silent. Jehovah my God, I will praise thee for ever. (Psa. 30:12)
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Psa. 57:8• 8Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn. (Psa. 57:8)
a man.
Gen. 34:25‑26,30• 25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
 26And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.
 30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land--among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (Gen. 34:25‑26,30)
digged down a wall.
or, houghed oxen.

J. N. Darby Translation

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My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assemblyc; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxend.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "company" as ch. 28.3.
d
Some read "pulled down a wall."