Numbers 24:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.”
Numbers 24:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 24:1719 words
אֶרְאֶנּוּʾerəʾenûSee
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּʾăšûrenûSpy
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
קָרוֹבqārwōvNear
דָּרַךְdāraḵəTread
כּוֹכָבkwōḵāvStar
מִיַּעֲקֹבmîʿăqōvFrom Jacob
וְקָםwəqāmAnd rise
שֵׁבֶטšēveṭScion
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God
וּמָחַץûmāḥaṣAnd dash
פַּאֲתֵיpaʾătêMouth
מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab
וְקַרְקַרwəqarəqarAnd trench
כָּלkālWhole
בְּנֵיbənêSon
שֵׁתšētTumult
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