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Numbers 23:8


Numbers 23:7 Numbers 23:8 (KJV) Numbers 23:9
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.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?
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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

HowH4100 shall I curseH5344, whom GodH410 hath not cursedH6895? or how shall I defyH2194, whom the LORDH3068 hath not defiedH2194?


Original Hebrew

מָה אֶקֹּב לֹא קַבֹּה אֵל וּמָה אֶזְעֹם לֹא זָעַם יְהוָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מָ֣ה
mah H4100 HTi what?
אֶקֹּ֔ב
'e.Ko H5344 HVqi1cs will I curse
לֹ֥א
lo' H3808 HTn (one whom) not
קַבֹּ֖/ה
ka.Bo/h H6895 HVqp3ms/Sp3ms he has cursed/ him
אֵ֑ל
'El H410 HNcmsa God
וּ/מָ֣ה
u./Mah H4100 HC/Ti and/ what?
אֶזְעֹ֔ם
'ez.'Om H2194 HVqi1cs will I denounce
לֹ֥א
lo' H3808 HTn (one whom) not
זָעַ֖ם
za.'Am H2194 HVqp3ms he has denounced
יְהוָֽה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H410 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
  • 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.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
  • H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
  • H5344 — נָקַב (nâqab, naw-kab'): a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel); appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
  • H6895 — קָבַב (qâbab, kaw-bab'): a primitive root; to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words); [idiom] at all, curse.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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