Study it in the app“Into their council let my soul not enter; to their assembly let my honor not be joined; for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.”
Into their councilבְּסֹדָםlet my soulנַפְשִׁיnotאַלenter;תָּבֹאto their assemblyבִּקְהָלָםlet my honorכְּבֹדִיnotאַלbe joined;תֵּחַדforכִּיin their angerבְאַפָּםthey killedהָרְגוּmen,אִישׁand at their whimוּבִרְצֹנָםthey hamstrungעִקְּרוּoxen.שׁוֹר
circle
The circle of people who gather to talk or to make merry.
Where else “soda” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kehala” appearshonor
Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
Where else “kevodi” appearsbe united
Join, become one with.
Where else “techad” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “apa” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hargu” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearswill
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retsona” appearshamstring
To cut the leg tendons of an animal.
Where else “ikru” appearsox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears5Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.
6 · This verse (above)
7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
1. What it says
What did Jacob say about Judah and Joseph in his blessings (vv. 8-12, 22-26)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Jacob gave each son a different blessing (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
How can you recognize what is distinct and unique in each person in your family?
