Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSimeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence. Young's Literal Translation Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence—their espousals! King James Bible Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations. Hebrew Simeonשִׁמְע֥וֹן (šim·‘ō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8095: Simeon -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe, also an Israelite with a foreign wife and Levi וְלֵוִ֖י (wə·lê·wî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him are brothers; אַחִ֑ים (’a·ḥîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 251: A brother, ) their swords מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (mə·ḵê·rō·ṯê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4380: (probably some kind of) weapon are weapons כְּלֵ֥י (kə·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus of violence. חָמָ֖ס (ḥā·mās) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain |