en_tn_condensed/gen/49/06.md

# 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/jit/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. Alternate translation: "I certainly will not join with them to make any plans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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.
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# O my soul ... my heart`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +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/jit/figs-synecdoche]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# do not come into their council; do not join in their meetings`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +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. Alternate translation: "I certainly will not join with them to make any plans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# they hamstrung oxen`

5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`This refers to Simeon and Levi crippling oxen just for fun.`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# hamstrung`

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