Deuteronomy 33:20
About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.This verse in the real world
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- לָבִיאlâbîyʼto roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- אַףʼaphmeaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
- טָרַףṭâraphto pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
- רָחַבrâchabto broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
- גָּדGâdGad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet
- זְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻthe arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
- שָׁכַןshâkanto reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
- בָרַךְbârakto kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 49:19, Jos 13:8, Mic 5:8, 1Ch 5:18–21, Jos 13:10, Psa 18:19, Psa 18:36, Gen 9:26–27