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

HebrewMeaning

הֶןhen

there!particleH2005

if · lo · though

עָם֙ʿām

a peoplenounH5971

men · nation · people

כְּ/לָבִ֣יאkəlābiyʾ

like a lionpronH3833

old · stout) lion · lioness · young

יָק֔וּםyāqwm

it risesverbH6965

accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···

וְ/כַ/אֲרִ֖יwəkaʾăriy

and like a lionconjH738

pierce

יִתְנַשָּׂ֑אyitənaśāʾ

it lifts itself upverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

לֹ֤אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִשְׁכַּב֙yišəkab

it will lie downverbH7901

at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···

עַדʿad

untilpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

יֹ֣אכַלyōʾkal

it will devourverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

טֶ֔רֶףṭerep

preynounH2964

meat · prey · spoil

וְ/דַםwədam

and the blood ofconjH1818

-guiltiness · innocent

חֲלָלִ֖יםḥălāliym

those slainadjH2491

profane · slain · slew · wounded

יִשְׁתֶּֽהyišəteh

it will drinkverbH8354

assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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