en_tn/gen/49/05.md

# Simeon and Levi are brothers

This does not just mean they are brothers by birth. Jacob is emphasizing that they worked together to kill the people of Shechem.

# Weapons of violence are their swords

"They use their swords to hurt and to kill people"

# O my soul ... my heart

Jacob uses the words "soul" and "heart" to refer to himself and is saying that other people,and perhaps God also, honor him so much that he does not wish to join with those who make plans to do evil. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# do not come into their council; do not join in their meetings

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Jacob combines them to emphasize that he does not want to participate in their wicked plans. AT: "I certainly will not join with them to make any plans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# they hamstrung oxen

This refers to Simeon and Levi crippling oxen just for fun.

# hamstrung

This refers to cutting the sinews of an animal's leg so that it cannot walk.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/simeon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/levite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/council]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ox]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Simeon and Levi are brothers`

			`This does not just mean they are brothers by birth. Jacob is emphasizing that they worked together to kill the people of Shechem.`

			`# Weapons of violence are their swords`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`"They use their swords to hurt and to kill people"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# O my soul ... my heart`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jacob uses the words "soul" and "heart" to refer to himself and is saying that other people,and perhaps God also, honor him so much that he does not wish to join with those who make plans to do evil. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# do not come into their council; do not join in their meetings`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Jacob combines them to emphasize that he does not want to participate in their wicked plans. AT: "I certainly will not join with them to make any plans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# they hamstrung oxen`

			`This refers to Simeon and Levi crippling oxen just for fun.`

			`# hamstrung`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This refers to cutting the sinews of an animal's leg so that it cannot walk.`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/simeon]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/levite]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/council]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ox]]`