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 24:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 24:910 words
כָּרַעkāraʿBend
שָׁכַבšāḵavLie down
כַּאֲרִיkaʾărîLike lion
וּכְלָבִיאûḵəlāvîʾAnd like lion
מִיmîWho?
יְקִימֶנּוּyəqîmenûRise
מְבָרֲכֶיךָməvārăḵeyḵāKneel
בָרוּךְvārûḵəKneel
וְאֹרְרֶיךָwəʾōrəreyḵāAnd execrate
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
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