King James Version

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

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וּלְדָ֣ןuledanand to Danielדָּןconjunction, preposition, noun, proper name — “and to Daniel”H1835Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by themDanielאָמַ֔רamarsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…דָּ֖ןdanDanielדָּןnoun, proper name — “Daniel”H1835Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by themDanielגּ֣וּרgurwhelpגּוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “whelp”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1482a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lionwhelp, young one.אַרְיֵ֑הaryehlionאֲרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH738a lion(young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).יְזַנֵּ֖קyezaneqleapזָנַקverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “leap”, an unfinished actionH2187properly, to draw together the feet (as an animal about to dart upon its prey), i.e. to spring forwardleap.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַבָּשָֽׁןhabashanthe Bashanבָּשָׁןdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Bashan”H1316Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the JordanBashan.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.

Young’s Literal Translation

And of Dan he said: — Dan [is] a lion's whelp; he doth leap from Bashan.

World English Bible

About Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps out of Bashan.”

Darby Translation

And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion; He shall spring forth from Bashan.

Douay-Rheims

To Dan also he said: Dan is a young lion, he shall flow plentifully from Basan.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And to Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, and shall leap out of Basan.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τῷ Δὰν εἶπε, Δὰν σκύμνος λέοντος, καὶ ἐκπηδήσεται ἐκ τοῦ Βασάν.