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Numbers 23:7
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And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
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How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?
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Verse Text
And he took upH5375 his parableH4912, and saidH559, BalakH1111 the kingH4428 of MoabH4124 hath broughtH5148 me from AramH758, out of the mountainsH2042 of the eastH6924, saying, ComeH3212, curseH779 me JacobH3290, and comeH3212, defyH2194 IsraelH3478.
וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר מִן־אֲרָם יַנְחֵנִי בָלָק מֶלֶךְ־מֹואָב מֵהַרְרֵי־קֶדֶם לְכָה אָרָה־לִּי יַעֲקֹב וּלְכָה זֹעֲמָה יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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וַ/יִּשָּׂ֥א |
va/i.yi.Sa' | H5375 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he lifted up |
מְשָׁל֖/וֹ |
me.sha.L/o | H4912 | HNcmsc/Sp3ms | oracle/ his |
וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר |
va/i.yo.Mar | H559 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he said |
מִן |
min- | H4480 | HR | from |
אֲ֠רָם |
'A.rom | H758 | HNp | Aram |
יַנְחֵ֨/נִי |
yan.Che./ni | H5148 | HVhi3ms/Sp1cs | he led/ me |
בָלָ֤ק |
va.Lak | H1111 | HNp | Balak |
מֶֽלֶךְ |
Me.lekh- | H4428 | HNcmsc | (the) king of |
מוֹאָב֙ |
mo.'Av | H4124 | HNp | Moab |
מֵֽ/הַרְרֵי |
me./ha.rei- | H2042 | HR/Ncmpc | from/ (the) mountains of |
קֶ֔דֶם |
Ke.dem | H6924 | HNcmsa | (the) east |
לְכָ/ה֙ |
le.Kha/h | H3212 | HVqv2ms/Sh | come/ ! |
אָֽרָ/ה |
'a.ra/h- | H779 | HVqv2ms/Sh | curse/ ! |
לִּ֣/י |
l/i | HR/Sp1cs | for (the)/ me | |
יַעֲקֹ֔ב |
ya.'a.Ko | H3290 | HNp | Jacob |
וּ/לְכָ֖/ה |
u./le.Kha/h | H3212 | HC/Vqv2ms/Sh | and/ come/ ! |
זֹעֲמָ֥/ה |
zo.'a.Ma/h | H2194 | HVqv2ms/Sh | denounce/ ! |
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | Israel |
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H758 — אֲרָם (ʼĂrâm, arawm'): from the same as אַרְמוֹן; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite; Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
- H779 — אָרַר (ʼârar, aw-rar'): a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse.
- H1111 — בָּלָק (Bâlâq, baw-lawk'): from בָּלַק; waster; Balak, a Moabitish king; Balak.
- H2042 — הָרָר (hârâr, haw-rawr'): from an unused root meaning to loom up; a mountain; hill, mount(-ain).
- H2194 — זָעַם (zâʻam, zaw-am'): a primitive root; properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged; abhor, abominable, (be) angry, defy, (have) indignation.
- H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
- H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
- 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.
- H4124 — מוֹאָב (Môwʼâb, mo-awb): from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and אָב; from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants; Moab.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
- H4912 — מָשָׁל (mâshâl, maw-shawl'): apparently from מָשַׁל in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.
- H5148 — נָחָה (nâchâh, naw-khaw'): a primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists); bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
- H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
- H6924 — קֶדֶם (qedem, keh'-dem): or קֵדְמָה; from קָדַם; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward); aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare קִדְמָה.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- Aram — Genesis 10:22, Genesis 28:2, Genesis 28:7, Numbers 22:5, Deuteronomy 23:4
- Come — Numbers 22:6, Numbers 22:11, Numbers 22:17, Proverbs 26:2
- defy Israel — 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:25-26, 1 Samuel 17:36, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 21:21, 2 Samuel 23:9
- he took — Numbers 23:18, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:23, Job 27:1, Job 29:1, Psalms 78:2, Ezekiel 17:2, Ezekiel 20:49, Micah 2:4, Habakkuk 2:6, Matthew 13:33, Matthew 13:35, Mark 12:12
- parable — Numbers 24:2
Reciprocal references (10): Genesis 10:30, Genesis 22:21, Genesis 29:1, Numbers 23:11, 1 Chronicles 1:17, Job 1:3, Psalms 49:4, Isaiah 2:6, Ezekiel 16:57, Ezekiel 25:4
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