Numbers 24:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.”
Numbers 24:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 24:2012 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
אֶתʾet—
עֲמָלֵקʿămālēqAmalek
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מְשָׁלוֹməšālwōPithy
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
רֵאשִׁיתrēʾšîtBeginning
גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation
עֲמָלֵקʿămālēqAmalek
וְאַחֲרִיתוֹwəʾaḥărîtwōAnd last
עֲדֵיʿădêTerminus
אֹבֵדʾōvēdWretched
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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