Numbers 24:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.”

Numbers 24:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 24:213 words

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift

בִלְעָםviləʿāmBilam

אֶתʾet—

עֵינָיוʿênāywEye

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֶתʾet—

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שֹׁכֵןšōḵēnReside

לִשְׁבָטָיוlišəvāṭāywTo scion

וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

רוּחַrûḥaSpirit/wind

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift

בִלְעָםviləʿāmBilam

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵינָיוʿênāywEye

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שֹׁכֵןšōḵēnReside

לִשְׁבָטָיוlišəvāṭāywTo scion

וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

רוּחַrûḥaSpirit/wind

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

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