Genesis 49:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Young's Literal Translation
A lion’s whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?

King James Bible
Judah [is] a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Hebrew
Judah
יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

is a young
גּ֤וּר (gūr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1482: A cub, of the lion

lion—
אַרְיֵה֙ (’ar·yêh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

my son,
בְּנִ֣י (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

you return
עָלִ֑יתָ (‘ā·lî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

from the prey.
מִטֶּ֖רֶף (miṭ·ṭe·rep̄)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2964: Something torn, a fragment, a fresh leaf, prey, food

Like a lion
כְּאַרְיֵ֛ה (kə·’ar·yêh)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

he crouches
כָּרַ֨ע (kā·ra‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3766: To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate

[and] lies down;
רָבַ֧ץ (rā·ḇaṣ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed

like a lioness,
וּכְלָבִ֖יא (ū·ḵə·lā·ḇî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3833: To roar, a lion,

who
מִ֥י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

dares to rouse him?
יְקִימֶֽנּוּ׃ (yə·qî·men·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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