Genesis 49:4
Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!This verse in the real world
In what words
- פַּחַזpachazebullition, i.e. froth (figuratively, lust)
- מִשְׁכָּבmishkâba bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
- יָתַרyâtharto jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; ca
- חָלַלchâlalproperly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.