Genesis 49:15
He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.This verse in the real world
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- נָעֵםnâʻêmto be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
- סָבַלçâbalto carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be
- מְנוּחָהmᵉnûwchâhrepose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); h
- שְׁכֶםshᵉkemthe neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill
- נָטָהnâṭâhto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.