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Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

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יְחִ֥יyechiliveחָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “live”, a wish or indirect commandH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.רְאוּבֵ֖ןreuvenReubenרְאוּבֵןnoun, proper name — “Reuben”H7205Reuben, a son of JacobReuben.וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יָמֹ֑תyamotdieמוּתverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “die”, a wish or indirect commandH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…וִיהִ֥יvihiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מְתָ֖יוmetayvpersonsמַתnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “persons”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)[phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.מִסְפָּֽרmisparnumberמִסְפָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “number”, the ordinary formH4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.

World English Bible

“Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.”

Darby Translation

Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few.

Douay-Rheims

Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let Ruben live, and not die; and let him be many in number.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ζήτω Ῥουβὴν, καὶ μὴ ἀποθανέτω, καὶ ἔστω πολὺς ἐν ἀριθμῷ.