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Numbers 24:9 — King James Version← Study notes

He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.


Numbers 24:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 24:910 words
כָּרַעkāraʿBend
שָׁכַבšāḵavLie down
כַּאֲרִיkaʾărîLike lion
וּכְלָבִיאûḵəlāvîʾAnd like lion
מִיWho?
יְקִימֶנּוּyəqîmenûRise
מְבָרֲכֶיךָməvārăḵeyḵāKneel
בָרוּךְvārûḵəKneel
וְאֹרְרֶיךָwəʾōrəreyḵāAnd execrate
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כָּרַעkāraʿBend
שָׁכַבšāḵavLie down
כַּאֲרִיkaʾărîLike lion
וּכְלָבִיאûḵəlāvîʾAnd like lion
מִיWho?
יְקִימֶנּוּyəqîmenûRise
מְבָרֲכֶיךָməvārăḵeyḵāKneel
בָרוּךְvārûḵəKneel
וְאֹרְרֶיךָwəʾōrəreyḵāAnd execrate
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate

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