Biblical Hebrew Forum

[kenneth greifer <kennethgreifer AT messianicmistakes.com>]

The blessing in Deuteronomy 33:9 about Levi is usually is translated "...who 
says to his father and to his mother I have not seen him...", but it does not 
say who "him" is. I think the quote does not make sense, so I divided the 
word "who says" into two words that I think make more sense.
  Do you think it could say "behold H) bitterness MR , to his father and to 
his mother I have not seen it (bitterness), and his brother it (bitterness) 
does not recognize, and his son it does not know because they have kept Your 
word..." ?
  Or maybe "behold bitterness , to your father and to your mother I have not 
seen it, and with his brother it is not acquainted (?), and with his son it 
is not known because they have kept Your word..."
  The word "behold" H) is also used in Genesis 47:23 and in Ezekiel 16:43. 
Could "behold" be used to get attention for something that is not actually 
there, like bitterness?
  Sincerely,
  Kenneth Greifer