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Numbers 24:4

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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:	He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:	How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, [and] thy tabernacles, O Israel!

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He hath said^H5002, which heard^H8085 the words^H561 of God^H410, which saw^H2372 the vision^H4236 of the Almighty^H7706, falling^H5307 into a trance, but having his eyes^H5869 open^H1540:

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Original Hebrew

נְאֻם שֹׁמֵעַ אִמְרֵי־אֵל אֲשֶׁר מַחֲזֵה שַׁדַּי יֶחֱזֶה נֹפֵל וּגְלוּי עֵינָיִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
נְאֻ֕ם	ne.'Um	H5002	HNcmsc	(the) utterance of
שֹׁמֵ֖עַ	sho.Me.a'	H8085	HVqrmsa	(the) (one who) hears
אִמְרֵי	'im.rei-	H561	HNcmpc	(of) (the) words of
אֵ֑ל	'El	H410	HNcmsa	God
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
מַחֲזֵ֤ה	ma.cha.Zeh	H4236	HNcmsc	(the) vision of
שַׁדַּי֙	sha.Dai	H7706	HNp	(the) Almighty
יֶֽחֱזֶ֔ה	ye.che.Zeh	H2372	HVqi3ms	he sees
נֹפֵ֖ל	no.Fel	H5307	HVqrmsa	(who) falls down
וּ/גְל֥וּי	u./ge.Lui	H1540	HC/Vqsmsc	and/ (who) is uncovered of
עֵינָֽיִם	'ei.Na.yim	H5869	HNcbda	eyes

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.'
• H561 — אֵמֶר (ʼêmer, ay'-mer): from אָמַר; something said; answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
• H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
• H2372 — חָזָה (châzâh, khaw-zaw'): a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of; behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
• H4236 — מַחֲזֶה (machăzeh, makh-az-eh'): from חָזָה; a vision; vision.
• H5002 — נְאֻם (nᵉʼum, neh-oom'): from נָאַם; an oracle; (hath) said, saith.
• H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H7706 — שַׁדַּי (Shadday, shad-dah'-ee): from שָׁדַד; the Almighty; Almighty.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

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

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

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