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OET (OET-LV) In/on/at/with_council_their not let_it_enter soul_my in/on/at/with_assembly_their not let_it_be_united glory_my if/because in/on/at/with_anger_their they_slew a_man and_in/on/at/with_whim_their they_hamstrung ox[en].
OET (OET-RV) Don’t let my thoughts enter into their discussion.
⇔ ≈Don’t let my honour join in their assembly.
⇔ They killed a man in their anger,
⇔ ≈and they hamstrung an ox just for their pleasure.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
אַל תָּבֹ֣א נַפְשִׁ֔י
not enter soul,my
Here Jacob uses the phrase my soul to refer to himself and to emphasize how strongly he feels about what he is saying. Consider what is the best way to communicate that in your language. Alternate translation: “Do not ever let me” or “May I never”
בְּסֹדָם֙ אַל־תָּבֹ֣א
in/on/at/with,council,their not enter
In verses 5-7, Jacob is probably referring to the time when Simeon and Levi killed all the males in the city of Shechem out of revenge (Genesis 34:25-26, 30). Jacob was very upset that they did that. Alternate translation: “take part in their evil plans” or “participate with them when you plan evil things!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
בִּקְהָלָ֖ם אַל תֵּחַ֣ד כְּבֹדִ֑י
in/on/at/with,assembly,their not joined glory,my
This clause forms a parallelism with the previous clause and emphasizes that Jacob is upset and does not want to participate with these two sons in their evil behavior. Consider what is the best way to translate that in your language. Alternate translation: “Do not let my honor be associated with your evil plans,” or “I never want to be linked with their evil plans,” or “I refuse to make evil plans with them”
כִּ֤י בְאַפָּם֙ הָ֣רְגוּ אִ֔ישׁ
that/for/because/then/when in/on/at/with,anger,their killed (a)_man
The phrase a man probably refers collectively here to all the men whom these two sons killed in the city of Shechem (Gen 34:25-26, 30). Alternate translation: “because you became angry and murdered many men”
וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם עִקְּרוּ שֽׁוֹר
and,in/on/at/with,whim,their hamstrung oxen
This may have happened during the time that Simeon and Levi took revenge on the people of Shechem. Alternate translation: “and just to please yourselves, you crippled some oxen so they could not walk.” or “and you cut the leg tendons of some oxen just for the fun of it.”
49:1-28 Jacob, by faith and as God’s spokesman, looked forward to Israel’s settlement in the land, and beyond that to the glorious future. Here at the end of the patriarchal age, he foretold what would happen to each tribe as he evaluated his sons one by one, just as Noah had done at the end of the primeval era (cp. 9:25-27). The character and acts of each ancestor affected the lives of his descendants (Exod 20:5-6; 34:6-7; Num 14:18; Jer 32:18).
OET (OET-LV) In/on/at/with_council_their not let_it_enter soul_my in/on/at/with_assembly_their not let_it_be_united glory_my if/because in/on/at/with_anger_their they_slew a_man and_in/on/at/with_whim_their they_hamstrung ox[en].
OET (OET-RV) Don’t let my thoughts enter into their discussion.
⇔ ≈Don’t let my honour join in their assembly.
⇔ They killed a man in their anger,
⇔ ≈and they hamstrung an ox just for their pleasure.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.