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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 24:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 24:1719 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶרְאֶ֨/נּוּ֙ʾerəʾenw
I see himverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עַתָּ֔הʿatāh
nowadvH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
אֲשׁוּרֶ֖/נּוּʾăšwrenw
I observe himverbH7789
lay wait · look · observe · perceive ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
קָר֑וֹבqārwōb
nearadjH7138
approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···
דָּרַ֨ךְdārakə
it will march forthverbH1869
bend · come · draw · go ···
כּוֹכָ֜בkwōkāb
a starnounH3556
מִֽ/יַּעֲקֹ֗בmiyaʿăqōb
from JacobpronH3290
וְ/קָ֥םwəqām
and it will ariseconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
שֵׁ֨בֶט֙šēbeṭ
a scepternounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmiyiśərāʾēl
from IsraelpronH3478
וּ/מָחַץ֙wmāḥaṣ
and it will shatterconjH4272
pierce · smite · strike through · wound
פַּאֲתֵ֣יpaʾătēy
the corners ofnounH6285
end · quarter · side
מוֹאָ֔בmwōʾāb
MoabnounH4124
וְ/קַרְקַ֖רwəqarəqar
and it will destroyconjH6979
cast out · destroy · dig
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּנֵיbənēy
the descendants ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
שֵֽׁתšēt
ShethnounH8351
Words 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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A Star Shall Come Forth
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. Balaam speaks about a future king, a figure who will come from Israel's line. Chri...
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