Genesis 49:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Simeon 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
Simeon
שִׁמְע֥וֹן (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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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