Numbers 23:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

Numbers 23:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 23:2414 words

הֶןhenLo!

עָםʿāmPeople

כְּלָבִיאkəlāvîʾLike lion

יָקוּםyāqûmRise

וְכַאֲרִיwəḵaʾărîAnd like lion

יִתְנַשָּׂאyitənaśāʾLift

לֹאlōʾNot

יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down

עַדʿadAs far

יֹאכַלyōʾḵalEat

טֶרֶףṭerep̄Torn

וְדַםwədamAnd blood

חֲלָלִיםḥălālîmPierced

יִשְׁתֶּהyišətehImbibe

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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