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Numbers 24:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!


Numbers 24:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 24:238 words
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מְשָׁלוֹməšālwōPithy
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אוֹיʾwōyLamentation
מִיWho?
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
מִשֻּׂמוֹmiśumwōFrom put
אֵלʾēlStrength
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מְשָׁלוֹməšālwōPithy
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אוֹיʾwōyLamentation
מִיWho?
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
מִשֻּׂמוֹmiśumwōFrom put
אֵלʾēlStrength

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