Parshas V'Zos HaBracha - Chamishi

(כב) וּלְדָ֣ן אָמַ֔ר דָּ֖ן גּ֣וּר אַרְיֵ֑ה יְזַנֵּ֖ק מִן־הַבָּשָֽׁן׃ (כג) וּלְנַפְתָּלִ֣י אָמַ֔ר נַפְתָּלִי֙ שְׂבַ֣ע רָצ֔וֹן וּמָלֵ֖א בִּרְכַּ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה יָ֥ם וְדָר֖וֹם יְרָֽשָׁה׃ {ס}

(כב) וּלְדָן אֲמַר דָּן תַּקִּיף כְּגוּר אַרְיָוָן אַרְעֵיהּ שָׁתְיָא מִן נַחֲלַיָּא דְּנָגְדָן מִן מַתְנָן: (כג) וּלְנַפְתָּלִי אֲמַר נַפְתָּלִי שְׂבַע רַעֲוָא וּמְלֵי בִּרְכָן מִן קֳדָם יְיָ מַעֲרָב יָם גִּנּוֹסַר וְדָרוֹמָא יֵרָת:

22. And of Dan he said, “Dan is as strong as a lion cub, his land drinks[1] from streams that flow from Masnan.”[2] 23. And of Naftali he said, “Naftali is sated with favor and full of blessings from before Hashem. He will inherit west of the Gineisar Sea[3] and the south.”

(כד) וּלְאָשֵׁ֣ר אָמַ֔ר בָּר֥וּךְ מִבָּנִ֖ים אָשֵׁ֑ר יְהִ֤י רְצוּי֙ אֶחָ֔יו וְטֹבֵ֥ל בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן רַגְלֽוֹ׃ (כה) בַּרְזֶ֥ל וּנְחֹ֖שֶׁת מִנְעָלֶ֑ךָ וּכְיָמֶ֖יךָ דׇּבְאֶֽךָ׃ (כו) אֵ֥ין כָּאֵ֖ל יְשֻׁר֑וּן רֹכֵ֤ב שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ בְּעֶזְרֶ֔ךָ וּבְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ שְׁחָקִֽים׃

(כד) וּלְאָשֵׁר אֲמַר בְּרִיךְ מִבִּרְכַּת בְּנַיָּא אָשֵׁר יְהֵי רַעֲוָא לְאַחוֹהִי וְיִתְרַבֵּי בְּתַפְנוּקֵי מַלְכִין: (כה) תַּקִּיף כְּפַרְזְלָא וּנְחָשָׁא (מוּתָבָךְ) וּכְיוֹמֵי עוּלֵמָתָךְ תָּקְפָּךְ: (כו) לֵית אֱלָהּ כֶּאֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דִּשְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ בִּשְׁמַיָּא בְּסַעְדָּךְ וְתָקְפֵּיהּ בִּשְׁמֵי שְׁמַיָּא:

24. And of Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with the blessing of children. He will be pleasing to his brothers, and nourished with the delicacies of kings. 25. (Your dwelling[4] is)[5] as strong as iron and copper, and your strength like the days of your youth.[6] 26. There is no power like the God of Israel, Whose presence is in the heavens in your aid, and His might in the highest heavens,[7]

[1] i.e., is watered by.

[2] The Aramaic name for the Bashan.

[3] i.e., the Kinneret AKA the Galilee.

[4] Rather than “door bolt.”

[5] The words in parentheses are omitted in some editions.

[6] Chumash: “and your old age will be like your days (i.e., of youth).”

[7] Literally, “the heaven of heavens.”

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