en_tn/gen/49/27.md

Benjamin is a hungry wolf

Here "Benjamin" is a metonym that stands for his descendants. Jacob speaks about Benjamin's descendants as if they were a hungry wolf. This emphasizes that they will be fierce warriors. AT: "The descendants of Benjamin will be like hungry wolves" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

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• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/benjamin
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour