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Numbers 23:8 — King James Version← Study notes

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?


Numbers 23:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 23:810 words
מָהmāhWhat?
אֶקֹּבʾeqōvPuncture
לֹאlōʾNot
קַבֹּהqabōhScoop
אֵלʾēlStrength
וּמָהûmāhAnd what?
אֶזְעֹםʾezəʿōmFoam
לֹאlōʾNot
זָעַםzāʿamFoam
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מָהmāhWhat?
אֶקֹּבʾeqōvPuncture
לֹאlōʾNot
קַבֹּהqabōhScoop
אֵלʾēlStrength
וּמָהûmāhAnd what?
אֶזְעֹםʾezəʿōmFoam
לֹאlōʾNot
זָעַםzāʿamFoam
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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