OET interlinear GEN 49:14

uW Translation Notes:

יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

(Some words not found in UHB: Yissaskar donkey_of strong crouching between the_two,saddlebaskets )

Alternate translation: [As for Issachar, he and his descendants]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם

donkey_of (Some words not found in UHB: Yissaskar donkey_of strong crouching between the_two,saddlebaskets )

Consider again how you translated donkey in the book of Genesis. See [12:16](../12/16.md); [16:12](../16/12.md); [22:3](../22/03.md), 5, 6; [24:35](../24/35.md); [30:43](../30/43.md); [32:5](../32/05.md), [15](../32/15.md); [34:28](../34/28.md); [36:24](../36/24.md); [42:26–27](../42/26.md); [43:18](../43/18.md), [24](../43/24.md); [44:3](../44/03.md), [13](../44/13.md); [45:23](../45/23.md); [47:17](../47/17.md); [49:14](../49/14.md). Alternate translation: [will be like a strong donkey]

רֹבֵ֖ץ

crouching

Alternate translation: [lying down resting]

בֵּ֥ין הַֽ⁠מִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם

(Some words not found in UHB: Yissaskar donkey_of strong crouching between the_two,saddlebaskets )

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “between two saddlebags/loads.” or (2) “between the two parts of a sheep pen.” Both interpretations imply that the donkey is lying down to rest after it worked hard.