Numbers 24:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.”
Numbers 24:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 24:2111 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
אֶתʾet—
הַקֵּינִיhaqênîThe Kenite
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מְשָׁלוֹməšālwōPithy
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אֵיתָןʾêtānPermanence
מוֹשָׁבֶךָmwōšāveḵāSeat
וְשִׂיםwəśîmAnd put
בַּסֶּלַעbaselaʿIn rock
קִנֶּךָqineḵāNest
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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