# General Information:

Moses continues to bless the tribes of Israel, which he began to do in [Deuteronomy 33:2](./01.md). The blessings are short poems. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# General Information:

Verse 5 is difficult to understand.

# there was a king

"Yahweh became king"

# Jeshurun

This is another name for Israel. Translated as in [Deuteronomy 32:15](../32/15.md).

# Let Reuben live

This begins Moses' blessings to the individual tribes of Israel.

# but may his men be few

Other possible meanings are 1) "and may his men not be few" or 2) "even though his men are few."

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/head]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tribe]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reuben]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/death]]