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Genesis 49:6

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

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בְּסֹדָם֙besodamin secretסוֹדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in secret”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5475a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secretassembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel).אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “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.תָּבֹ֣אtavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, a wish or indirect commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…נַפְשִׁ֔יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…בִּקְהָלָ֖םbiqhalamin assemblyקָהָלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in assembly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6951assemblage (usually concretely)assembly, company, congregation, multitude.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “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.תֵּחַ֣דtechadjoinיָחַדverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “join”, a wish or indirect commandH3161to be (or become) onejoin, unite.כְּבֹדִ֑יkevodigloriousכָּבוֹדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “glorious”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).כִּ֤יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…בְאַפָּם֙veapamin faceאַףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.הָ֣רְגוּharegvdestroyהָרַגverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “destroy”, a completed actionH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.אִ֔ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…וּבִרְצֹנָ֖םuvirtsonamand in as... wouldרָצוֹןconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and in as... would”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7522delight (especially as shown)(be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.עִקְּרוּiqrvpluck upעָקַרverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “pluck up”, a completed actionH6131to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminatedig down, hough, pluck up, root up.שֽׁוֹרshorbullשׁוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bull”, the ordinary formH7794a bullock (as a traveller)bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for H7791 (שׁוּר)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.

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American Standard Version (1901)

O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.

Young’s Literal Translation

Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.

World English Bible

My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: because in their fury they slew a man, and in their selfwill they undermined a wall.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰς βουλὴν αὐτῶν μὴ ἔλθοι ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ συστάσει αὐτῶν μὴ ἐρίσαι τὰ ἥπατά μου· ὅτι ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτῶν ἀπέκτειναν ἀνθρώπους, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐνευροκόπησαν ταῦρον.