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Numbers 23:28

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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.	And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.	And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Balak^H1111 brought^H3947 Balaam^H1109 unto the top^H7218 of Peor^H6465, that looketh^H8259 toward^H6440 Jeshimon^H3452.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח בָּלָק אֶת־בִּלְעָם רֹאשׁ הַפְּעֹור הַנִּשְׁקָף עַל־פְּנֵי הַיְשִׁימֹן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקַּ֥ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
בָּלָ֖ק	ba.Lak	H1111	HNp	Balak
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בִּלְעָ֑ם	bil.'Am	H1109	HNp	Balaam
רֹ֣אשׁ	rosh	H7218	HNcmsc	(the) top of
הַ/פְּע֔וֹר	ha./pe.'or	H6465	HTd/Np	(the)/ Peor
הַ/נִּשְׁקָ֖ף	ha./nish.Kaf	H8259	HTd/VNrmsa	which/ looks down
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	over
פְּנֵ֥י	pe.Nei	H6440	HNcbpc	(the) face of
הַ/יְשִׁימֹֽן	ha/y.shi.Mon	H3452	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ desolate place

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1109 — בִּלְעָם (Bilʻâm, bil-awm'): probably from בַּל and עַם; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine; Balaam, Bileam.
• H1111 — בָּלָק (Bâlâq, baw-lawk'): from בָּלַק; waster; Balak, a Moabitish king; Balak.
• H3452 — יְשִׁימוֹן (yᵉshîymôwn, yesh-ee-mone'): from יָשַׁם; a desolation; desert, Jeshimon, solitary, wilderness.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6465 — פְּעוֹר (Pᵉʻôwr, peh-ore'): from פָּעַר; a gap; also בַּעַל פְּעוֹר); Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there; Peor. See also בֵּית פְּעוֹר.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8259 — שָׁקַף (shâqaph, shaw-kaf'): a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle); appear, look (down, forth, out).

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).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Jeshimon — Numbers 21:20

Reciprocal references (2): Isaiah 16:12, Ezekiel 21:21

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BALAAM, PEOR
• Nave’s: GOD, JESHIMON, PEOR

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