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Numbers 23:10
| ← Numbers 23:9 | Numbers 23:10 (KJV) | Numbers 23:11 → |
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For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
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Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
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And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed [them] altogether.
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Verse Text
Who can countH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290, and the numberH4557 of the fourthH7255 part of IsraelH3478? Let me dieH4191 H5315 the deathH4194 of the righteousH3477, and let my lastH319 end be like his!
מִי מָנָה עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב וּמִסְפָּר אֶת־רֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל תָּמֹת נַפְשִׁי מֹות יְשָׁרִים וּתְהִי אַחֲרִיתִי כָּמֹהוּ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
מִ֤י |
mi | H4310 | HTi | who? |
מָנָה֙ |
ma.Nah | H4487 | HVqp3ms | has he counted |
עֲפַ֣ר |
'a.Far | H6083 | HNcmsc | (the) dust of |
יַעֲקֹ֔ב |
ya.'a.Ko | H3290 | HNp | Jacob |
וּ/מִסְפָּ֖ר |
u./mis.Par | H4557 | HC/Ncmsa | and/ a number |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
רֹ֣בַע |
Roa' | H7255 | HNcmsc | (the) fourth part of |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | Israel |
תָּמֹ֤ת |
ta.Mot | H4191 | HVqj3fs | let it die |
נַפְשִׁ/י֙ |
naf.Sh/i | H5315 | HNcbsc/Sp1cs | self/ my |
מ֣וֹת |
Mot | H4194 | HNcmsc | (the) death of |
יְשָׁרִ֔ים |
ye.sha.Rim | H3477 | HAampa | upright (people) |
וּ/תְהִ֥י |
u./te.Hi | H1961 | HC/Vqj3fs | and/ let it be |
אַחֲרִיתִ֖/י |
'a.cha.ri.T/i | H319 | HNcfsc/Sp1cs | end/ my |
כָּמֹֽ/הוּ |
ka.Mo./hu | H3644 | HR/Sp3ms | like/ his |
- H319 — אַחֲרִית (ʼachărîyth, akh-ar-eeth'): from אַחַר; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity; (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
- H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
- H3477 — יָשָׁר (yâshâr, yaw-shawr'): from יָשַׁר; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
- H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
- H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
- H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
- H4487 — מָנָה (mânâh, maw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll; appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
- H4557 — מִסְפָּר (miçpâr, mis-pawr'): from סָפַר; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration; [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
- H6083 — עָפָר (ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'): from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
- H7255 — רֹבַע (rôbaʻ, ro'-bah): from רָבַע; a quarter; fourth participle
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
- H3644 — כְּמוֹ (kᵉmôw, kem-o'): or כָּמוֹ; (compare כֵּן); a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so; according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.
- H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- can count — Genesis 13:16, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 28:14
- the death — Psalms 37:37, Psalms 116:15, Proverbs 14:32, Isaiah 57:1-2, Luke 2:29-30, 1 Corinthians 3:21-22, 1 Corinthians 15:53-57, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 2 Peter 1:13-15, Revelation 14:13
- the fourth — Numbers 2:9, Numbers 2:16, Numbers 2:24, Numbers 2:31
Reciprocal references (11): Leviticus 1:3, Numbers 1:46, Numbers 2:34, Numbers 24:2, 1 Kings 13:31, 2 Chronicles 1:9, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 19:20, Ecclesiastes 7:2, Isaiah 26:15, Romans 6:22
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: BALAAM, LIFE-DEATH
- Torrey’s: DEATH OF SAINTS, THE, DESERT, JOURNEY OF ISRAEL THROUGH THE
- Nave’s: DEATH, GOD
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