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Numbers 23:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Numbers 23:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 23:718 words
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מְשָׁלוֹməšālwōPithy
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
מִןminPart
אֲרָםʾărāmAram
יַנְחֵנִיyanəḥēnîGuide
בָלָקvālāqBalak
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab
מֵהַרְרֵיmēharərêFrom mountain
קֶדֶםqedemFront
לְכָהləḵāhWalk
אָרָהʾārāhExecrate
לִּיTo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וּלְכָהûləḵāhAnd walk
זֹעֲמָהzōʿămāhFoam
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מְשָׁלוֹməšālwōPithy
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
מִןminPart
אֲרָםʾărāmAram
יַנְחֵנִיyanəḥēnîGuide
בָלָקvālāqBalak
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab
מֵהַרְרֵיmēharərêFrom mountain
קֶדֶםqedemFront
לְכָהləḵāhWalk
אָרָהʾārāhExecrate
לִּיTo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וּלְכָהûləḵāhAnd walk
זֹעֲמָהzōʿămāhFoam
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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