9. Yehudah is the cub of an aryeh (lion); from the prey, beni (my son), thou hast gone up; he stooped down, he couched like an aryeh, and like a lioness; who shall rouse him?
10. The shevet (sceptre) shall not depart from Yehudah, nor a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from between his raglayim, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall be the obedience of the amim (peoples, nations).
11. He ties his foal unto the gefen (vine), and his donkey's colt unto the choice vine; he will wash his levush (garments) in yayin, and his robe in the dahm anavim (blood of grapes);
12. His eyes shall be darker with yayin, and his shinayim (teeth) whiter than cholov (milk).
13. Zevulun shall dwell at the seashore; and he shall be a haven for oniyyot (ships); and his border shall be unto Tzidon.
14. Yissakhar is a strong chamor (donkey) lying down between two saddlebags;
15. And he saw that a menuchah (resting place) was tov, and haaretz that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became oved (submitting, enslaved) at forced labor.
16. Dan yadin (shall judge) his people, as one of the Shivtei Yisroel.
17. Dan shall be a nachash beside the derech, a viper along the orach (path) that biteth the ikkvei sus (the horse heels), so that its rider shall fall backward.
18. I have waited for Thy Yeshuah (Salvation), Hashem.
19. Gad, gedud (raider) shall raid him; but he shall raid akev ([at] the heel).