33:1 And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Mosheh (משׁה) the man of Elohim (אלהים) blessed benai Yisrael before his death.
33:2 And he said, YHWH (יהוה) came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran (פּארן), and he came with ten thousands of kedoshav (set apart ones): from his right hand [went] a fiery dath (דּתdecree) for them.
33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his kedoshav [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy devarot.
33:4 Mosheh (משׁה) commanded us a Torah (תּורה), [even] the inheritance of the congregation of Yaakov.
33:5 And he was king in Yeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the Shivtei Yisrael were gathered together.
33:6 Let Reuven live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.
33:7 And this [is the blessing] of Yehudah: and he said, Shema (שׁמע), YHWH (יהוה), the voice of Yehudah, and bring him unto His people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies.
33:8 And of Levy he said, [Let] thy Thummim (perfection תּמּים ) and thy Urim (light אוּרים ) [be] with thy Chasidic, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
33:9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have Shomer thy imrah (word אמרה), and kept thy Brit.
33:10 They shall teach Yaakov thy mishpatim, and Yisrael thy Torah (תּורה): they shall put ketorah (incense) before thee, and whole kalil (whole burnt offerings) upon thine mitzbe'ach (altar).
33:11 Bless, YHWH (יהוה), his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
33:12 [And] of BenYamin he said, The beloved of YHWH (יהוה) shall dwell in safety by him; [and YHWH (יהוה)] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
33:13 And of Yosef he said, Mevorekhet of YHWH (יהוה) [be] his land, for the precious things of shamayim, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
33:14 And for the precious fruits [brought forth] by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
33:15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
33:16 And for the precious things of ha eretz and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Yosef, and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren.
33:17 His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of ha eretz: and they [are] the ten thousands of Efrayim, and they [are] the thousands of Manasseh.
33:18 And of Zevulun he said, Rejoice, Zevulun, in thy going out; and, Yissakhar, in thy tents.
33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer zivkhei tzedek: for they shall suck [of] the abundance of the seas, and [of] treasures hid in the sand.
33:20 And of Gad he said, Mevorekhet [be] he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the Torah (תּורה)giver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of YHWH (יהוה), and his mishpats with Yisrael.
33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
33:23 And of Naftali he said, O Naftali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of YHWH (יהוה): possess thou the west and the south.
33:24 And of Asher he said, [Let] Asher [be] blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
33:25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
33:26 [There is] none like unto the EL of Yeshurun, [who] rideth upon the shamayim in thy help, and in His excellency on the sky.
33:27 The eternal Elohim (אלהים) [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
33:28 Yisrael then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Yaakov [shall be] upon a eretz corn and wine; also his shamayim shall drop down dew.
33:29 Happy [art] thou, O Yisrael: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by YHWH (יהוה), the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
דּתdath - decree, king's law, edict, regulation, usage; decree, edict, commission law, rule ref: Deu 33:2; Ezr 8:36; Est 1:8,13,15,19; Est 9:1,13,14
Yeshurun = "upright one" a symbolic name for Israel describing her ideal character