KJV: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
YLT: 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!
Darby: Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my bed.
ASV: Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
פַּ֤חַז | Uncontrolled |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: פַּחַז Sense: recklessness, wantonness, unbridled license, frothiness. |
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כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ | as the waters |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters. |
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תּוֹתַ֔ר | you shall excel |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, second person masculine singular Root: יָתַר Sense: to be left over, remain, remain over, leave. |
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כִּ֥י | because |
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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עָלִ֖יתָ | you went up |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb. |
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מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י | to the bed |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: מִשְׁכָּב Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying. |
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אָבִ֑יךָ | of your father |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual. |
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--חִלַּ֖לְתָּ | you defiled [it] |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: חָלַל Sense: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin. |
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יְצוּעִ֥י | to my couch |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: יָצוּעַ Sense: couch, bed. |
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עָלָֽה | he went up |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb. |
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פ | - |
Parse: Punctuation |