Genesis 49:17
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Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, that his rider may fall backward.

shall be.

Judges 14:1-15:20 Then Samson went down to Thamnatha, and seeing there a woman of the daughters of the Philistines, . . .

Judges 16:22-30 And now his hair began to grow again, . . .

Judges 18:22-31 And were now at a distance from the house of Michas, the men that dwelt in the houses of Michas gathering together followed them, . . .

1 Chronicles 12:35 Of Dan also twenty-eight thousand six hundred prepared for battle.

an adder.

Context
Jacob Blesses His Sons
16Dan shall judge his people like another tribe in Israel. 17Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, that his rider may fall backward.18I will look for thy salvation, O Lord.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:16
Dan shall judge his people like another tribe in Israel.

Genesis 49:18
I will look for thy salvation, O Lord.

Proverbs 23:32
But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.

Ecclesiastes 10:11
If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

Lexicon
He
דָן֙ (ḏān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1835: Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel

will be
יְהִי־ (yə·hî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a serpent
נָחָ֣שׁ (nā·ḥāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5175: A serpent

by
עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the road,
דֶ֔רֶךְ (ḏe·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

a viper
שְׁפִיפֹ֖ן (šə·p̄î·p̄ōn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8207: A kind of serpent, the cerastes, horned adder

in
עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the path,
אֹ֑רַח (’ō·raḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan

that bites
הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙ (han·nō·šêḵ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5391: To strike with a, sting, to oppress with usury

the horse’s
ס֔וּס (sūs)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

heels
עִקְּבֵי־ (‘iq·qə·ḇê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6119: Heel, footprint, hind part

so that its rider
רֹכְב֖וֹ (rō·ḵə·ḇōw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

tumbles
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

backward.
אָחֽוֹר׃ (’ā·ḥō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 268: The hinder part, behind, backward, the West


Additional Translations
He will be a serpent by the road, a viper in the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),

Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.
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