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And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness. |
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bil·‘ām
And when Balaam
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
way·yar
saw
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7200 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
kî
that
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 3588 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ṭō·wḇ
it pleased
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 2895 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be pleasant, be delightful 1a2) to be glad, be joyful 1a3) to be better 1a4) to be well with, be good for 1a5) to be pleasing 1b) (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly |
bə·‘ê·nê
. . .
Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - cdc |
Strongs | 5869 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain |
Yah·weh
the LORD
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3068 |
BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
lə·ḇā·rêḵ
to bless
Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct |
Strongs | 1288 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse |
’eṯ-
-
Grammar | Direct object marker |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
yiś·rā·’êl
Israel ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3478 |
BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails| 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
wə·lō-
he did not
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle |
Strongs | 3808 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) |
hā·laḵ
resort
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1980 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
nə·ḥā·šîm
to sorcery
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 5173 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) divination, enchantment |
kə·p̄a·‘am-
as on previous occasions
Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular |
Strongs | 6471 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another |
bə·p̄a·‘am
. . .
Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
Strongs | 6471 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another |
liq·raṯ
. . . ,
Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
Strongs | 7122 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to encounter, befall, meet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to meet, encounter 1a2) to befall (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet |
way·yā·šeṯ
but he turned
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7896 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, lay (hand upon) 1a2) to set, station, appoint, fix, set mind to 1a3) to constitute, make (one something), make like, perform 1a4) to take one's stand 1a5) to lay waste 1b) (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon |
pā·nāw
his face
Grammar | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6440 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
’el-
toward
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 413 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
ham·miḏ·bār
the wilderness .
Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 4057 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) wilderness 1a) pasture 1b) uninhabited land, wilderness 1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities) 1d) wilderness (fig.) 2) mouth 2a) mouth (as organ of speech) |
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When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him, |
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ḇil·‘ām
When Balaam
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
’eṯ-
-
Grammar | Direct object marker |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
way·yiś·śā
looked up
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5375 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
‘ê·nāw
. . .
Grammar | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5869 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain |
way·yar
and saw
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7200 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
’eṯ-
-
Grammar | Direct object marker |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
yiś·rā·’êl
Israel
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3478 |
BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails| 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
šō·ḵên
encamped
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7931 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to settle down to abide 1a2) to abide, dwell, reside 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make settle down, establish 1b2) to make or cause to dwell 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix 1c2) to cause to dwell or abide |
liš·ḇā·ṭāw
tribe by tribe ,
Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7626 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe |
rū·aḥ
the Spirit
Grammar | Noun - common singular construct |
Strongs | 7307 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
’ĕ·lō·hîm
of God
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 430 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God |
wat·tə·hî
came
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
Strongs | 1961 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
‘ā·lāw
upon him ,
Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5921 |
BSB/Thayers | prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
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way·yiś·śā
and he lifted up
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5375 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
mə·šā·lōw
an oracle ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4912 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) proverb, parable 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism 1b) byword 1c) similitude, parable 1d) poem 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims |
way·yō·mar
saying :
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
nə·’um
“ [This is] the prophecy
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 5002 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name) |
bil·‘ām
of Balaam
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
bə·nōw
son
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1121 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
ḇə·‘ōr
of Beor ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1160 |
BSB/Thayers | Beor = |burning| 1) father of Balaam 2) father of Bela, king of Edom |
ū·nə·’um
the prophecy
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 5002 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name) |
hag·ge·ḇer
of a man
Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1397 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight) |
hā·‘ā·yin
whose eyes
Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
Strongs | 5869 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain |
šə·ṯum
are open ,
Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 8365 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) to open 1a) meaning dubious |
נְאֻ֤םnə·’um “ [This is] the prophecy |
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the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open: |
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nə·’um
the prophecy
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 5002 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name) |
šō·mê·a‘
of one who hears
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 8085 |
BSB/Thayers | v 1) to hear, listen to, obey 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hear (perceive by ear) 1a2) to hear of or concerning 1a3) to hear (have power to hear) 1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to 1a5) to understand (language) 1a6) to hear (of judicial cases) 1a7) to listen, give heed 1a7a) to consent, agree 1a7b) to grant request 1a8) to listen to, yield to 1a9) to obey, be obedient 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound) 1b2) to be heard of 1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed 1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound 1d2) to sound aloud (musical term) 1d3) to make proclamation, summon 1d4) to cause to be heard n m 2) sound |
’im·rê-
the words
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
Strongs | 561 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command |
’êl
of God ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 410 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power |
’ă·šer
who
Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
Strongs | 834 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if |
ye·ḥĕ·zeh
sees
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 2372 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see, behold 1a2) to see as a seer in the ecstatic state 1a3) to see, perceive 1a3a) with the intelligence 1a3b) to see (by experience) 1a3c) to provide |
ma·ḥă·zêh
a vision
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 4236 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) vision (in the ecstatic state) |
šad·day
from the Almighty ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7706 |
Footnote | Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 16 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) almighty, most powerful 1a) Shaddai, the Almighty (of God) |
nō·p̄êl
who bows down
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
Strongs | 5307 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself 1d) (Pilel) to fall |
‘ê·nā·yim
with eyes
Grammar | Noun - cd |
Strongs | 5869 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain |
ū·ḡə·lui
wide open :
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1540 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to uncover, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to uncover 1a2) to remove, depart 1a3) to go into exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) (reflexive) 1b1a) to uncover oneself 1b1b) to discover or show oneself 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God) 1b2) (passive) 1b2a) to be uncovered 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered 1b2c) to be revealed 1b3) to be removed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to uncover (nakedness) 1c1a) nakedness 1c1b) general 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare 1c3) to make known, show, reveal 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile 1g) (Hithpael) 1g1) to be uncovered 1g2) to reveal oneself |
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How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! |
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mah-
How
Grammar | Interrogative |
Strongs | 4100 |
BSB/Thayers | interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may |
ṭō·ḇū
lovely are
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
Strongs | 2895 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be pleasant, be delightful 1a2) to be glad, be joyful 1a3) to be better 1a4) to be well with, be good for 1a5) to be pleasing 1b) (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly |
’ō·hā·le·ḵā
your tents ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 168 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) tent 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle) |
ya·‘ă·qōḇ
O Jacob ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3290 |
BSB/Thayers | Jacob = |heel holder| or |supplanter| 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel |
miš·kə·nō·ṯe·ḵā
your dwellings ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4908 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) dwelling place, tabernacle 1a) dwelling-place 1b) dwellings |
yiś·rā·’êl
O Israel !
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3478 |
BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails| 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
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They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters. |
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niṭ·ṭā·yū
They spread out
Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural |
Strongs | 5186 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer 1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent) 1a3) to bend, turn, incline 1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down 1a3b) to bend, bow 1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stretch out 1c2) to spread out 1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away |
kin·ḥā·lîm
like palm groves ,
Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 5158 |
Footnote | Or like valleys |
BSB/Thayers | 1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley 1a) torrent 1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed) 1c) shaft (of mine) 2) palm-tree 2a) meaning dubious |
kə·ḡan·nōṯ
like gardens
Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural |
Strongs | 1593 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) garden, orchard |
‘ă·lê
beside
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 5921 |
BSB/Thayers | prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
nā·hār
a stream ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 5104 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) stream, river 1a) stream, river 1b) (underground) streams |
ka·’ă·hā·lîm
like aloes
Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 174 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) aloes, aloe tree 1a) aloe tree 1b) aloe (perfume) |
Yah·weh
the LORD
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3068 |
BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
nā·ṭa‘
has planted ,
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5193 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to plant, fasten, fix, establish 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to plant 1a2) to plant, establish (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be planted 1b2) to be established (fig.) |
ka·’ă·rā·zîm
like cedars
Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 730 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) cedar 1a) cedar tree 1b) cedar timber, cedar wood (in building) 1c) cedar wood (in purifications) |
‘ă·lê-
beside
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 5921 |
BSB/Thayers | prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
mā·yim
the waters .
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 4325 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.) |
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Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted. |
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ma·yim
Water
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 4325 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.) |
yiz·zal-
will flow
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5140 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flow 1a1a) streams, floods (participle) 1a2) to distil 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to flow |
mid·dā·lə·yāw
from his buckets ,
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine dual construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1805 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) bucket |
wə·zar·‘ōw
and his seed
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 2233 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) seed, sowing, offspring 1a) a sowing 1b) seed 1c) semen virile 1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children 1e) of moral quality 1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.) 1f) sowing time (by meton) |
rab·bîm
will have abundant
Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
Strongs | 7227 |
BSB/Thayers | adj 1) much, many, great 1a) much 1b) many 1c) abounding in 1d) more numerous than 1e) abundant, enough 1f) great 1g) strong 1h) greater than adv 1i) much, exceedingly n m 2) captain, chief |
bə·ma·yim
water .
Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 4325 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.) |
mal·kōw
His king
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4428 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
wə·yā·rōm
will be greater
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7311 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be high, be set on high 1a2) to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted 1a3) to be lifted, rise 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up 1b2) to lift up, raise, exalt 1b3) to exalt, extol 1c) (Polal) to be lifted up 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high 1d2) to lift up (and take away), remove 1d3) to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute 1e) (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished 1f) (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself 2) (Qal) to be rotten, be wormy |
mê·’ă·ḡaḡ
than Agag ,
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 90 |
BSB/Thayers | Agag = |I will overtop| 1) king of Amalek, spared by Saul but slain by Samuel |
mal·ḵu·ṯōw
and his kingdom
Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4438 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power 1a) royal power, dominion 1b) reign 1c) kingdom, realm |
wə·ṯin·naś·śê
will be exalted .
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
Strongs | 5375 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
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God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows. |
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’êl
God
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 410 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power |
mō·w·ṣî·’ōw
brought him
Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 3318 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth |
mim·miṣ·ra·yim
out of Egypt
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
Strongs | 4714 |
BSB/Thayers | Egypt = |land of the Copts| n pr loc 1) a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows Egyptians = |double straits| adj 2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt |
kə·ṯō·w·‘ă·p̄ōṯ
with strength
Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct |
Strongs | 8443 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) eminence, lofty horns, summit 1a) eminence (of towering horns, peaks, silver) |
rə·’êm
like a wild ox
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7214 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known. |
lōw
,
Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
yō·ḵal
to devour
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 398 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume |
ṣā·rāw
hostile
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6862 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) narrow, tight 2) straits, distress 3) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor 4) hard pebble, flint |
gō·w·yim
nations
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 1471 |
BSB/Thayers | n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m 1c) Goyim? = |nations| |
yə·ḡā·rêm
and crush
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1633 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to cut off, reserve, lay aside, leave, save 1a) (Qal) to reserve 2) (Piel) to break bones, gnaw bones, break |
wə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem
their bones ,
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural |
Strongs | 6106 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self |
yim·ḥāṣ
to pierce them
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4272 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle) |
wə·ḥiṣ·ṣāw
with arrows .
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 2671 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) arrow |
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He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.” |
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kā·ra‘
He crouches ,
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 3766 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to bend, kneel, bow, bow down, sink down to one's knees, kneel down to rest (of animals), kneel in reverence 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bow 1a2) to bow down, crouch 1a3) to bow down over 1a4) to tilt, lean 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to bow |
šā·ḵaḇ
he lies down
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7901 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lie down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie, lie down, lie on 1a2) to lodge 1a3) to lie (of sexual relations) 1a4) to lie down (in death) 1a5) to rest, relax (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually) 1c) (Pual) to be lain with (sexually) 1d) (Hiphil) to make to lie down 1e) (Hophal) to be laid |
ka·’ă·rî
like a lion ;
Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 738 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions |
ū·ḵə·lā·ḇî
like a lioness ,
Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3833 |
BSB/Thayers | n m 1) lion n f 2) lioness |
mî
who
Grammar | Interrogative |
Strongs | 4310 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yə·qî·men·nū
dares to rouse him ?
Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6965 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise 1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build 1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene 1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate 1e5) to raise up, constitute 1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish 1e7) to make binding 1e8) to carry out, give effect to 1f) (Hophal) to be raised up |
ḇā·rūḵ
Blessed are
Grammar | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1288 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse |
mə·ḇā·ră·ḵe·ḵā
those who bless you
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1288 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse |
’ā·rūr
and cursed are
Grammar | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
Strongs | 779 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to curse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to curse 1a2) cursed be he (participle used as in curses) 1b) (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed 1c)(Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on 1d) (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed |
wə·’ō·rə·re·ḵā
those who curse you . ”
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 779 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to curse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to curse 1a2) cursed be he (participle used as in curses) 1b) (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed 1c)(Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on 1d) (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed |
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Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times. |
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bā·lāq
Then Balak’s
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1111 |
BSB/Thayers | Balak = |devastator| 1) a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel |
’ap̄
anger
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 639 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) nostril, nose, face 2) anger |
way·yi·ḥar-
burned
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 2734 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be hot, furious, burn, become angry, be kindled 1a) (Qal) to burn, kindle (anger) 1b) (Niphal) to be angry with, be incensed 1c) (Hiphil) to burn, kindle 1d) (Hithpael) to heat oneself in vexation |
’el-
against
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 413 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
bil·‘ām
Balaam ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
kap·pāw
and he struck his hands
Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 3709 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent) |
way·yis·pōq
together
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5606 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to clap, slap 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to slap, clap 1a2) to slap, chastise 1a3) to splash, throw up 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to clap |
’eṯ-
-
Grammar | Direct object marker |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
way·yō·mer
and said
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
bā·lāq
. . .
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1111 |
BSB/Thayers | Balak = |devastator| 1) a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel |
’el-
to
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 413 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
bil·‘ām
Balaam ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
qə·rā·ṯî·ḵā
“ I summoned you
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7121 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen |
lā·qōḇ
to curse
Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
Strongs | 6895 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to curse, utter a curse against 1a) (Qal) to curse |
’ō·yə·ḇay
my enemies ,
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
Strongs | 341 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) enemy 1a) personal 1b) national |
wə·hin·nêh
but behold ,
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interjection |
Strongs | 2009 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) behold, lo, see, if |
bê·raḵ·tā
you have persisted
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1288 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse |
ḇā·rêḵ
in blessing
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute |
Strongs | 1288 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse |
zeh
[them] these
Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 2088 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
šā·lōš
three
Grammar | Number - feminine singular |
Strongs | 7969 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third |
pə·‘ā·mîm
times .
Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
Strongs | 6471 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another |
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Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.” |
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bə·raḥ-
Therefore , flee
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1272 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, pass through 1a2) to flee 1a3) to hasten, come quickly 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pass through 1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight 1b3) to drive away |
wə·‘at·tāh
at once
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
Strongs | 6258 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) now 1a) now 1b) in phrases |
’el-
to
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 413 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
lə·ḵā
your
Grammar | Preposition | second person masculine singular |
mə·qō·w·me·ḵā
home !
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4725 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of |
’ā·mar·tî
I said
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
kab·bêḏ
I would richly reward you
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute |
Strongs | 3513 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself |
’ă·ḵab·beḏ·ḵā
. . . ,
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 3513 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself |
wə·hin·nêh
but instead
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interjection |
Strongs | 2009 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) behold, lo, see, if |
Yah·weh
the LORD
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3068 |
BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
mə·nā·‘ă·ḵā
has denied
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4513 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder 1a) (Qal) to withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld |
mik·kā·ḇō·wḏ
your reward . ”
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3519 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance 1a) abundance, riches 1b) honour, splendour, glory 1c) honour, dignity 1d) honour, reputation 1e) honour, reverence, glory 1f) glory |
כַּבֵּ֣דkab·bêḏ I would richly reward you |
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Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me |
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bil·‘ām
Balaam
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
’el-
. . .
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 413 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
way·yō·mer
answered
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
bā·lāq
Balak ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1111 |
BSB/Thayers | Balak = |devastator| 1) a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel |
hă·lō
“ Did I not
Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
Strongs | 3808 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) |
gam
already
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 1571 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike |
’el-
. . .
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 413 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
dib·bar·tî
tell
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular |
Strongs | 1696 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight |
lê·mōr
. . .
Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
mal·’ā·ḵe·ḵā
the messengers
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4397 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) messenger, representative 1a) messenger 1b) angel 1c) the theophanic angel |
’ă·šer-
-
Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
Strongs | 834 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if |
šā·laḥ·tā
you sent me
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7971 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send |
’ê·lay
. . .
Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
Strongs | 413 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
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’im-
that even if
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 518 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather |
ḇā·lāq
Balak
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1111 |
BSB/Thayers | Balak = |devastator| 1) a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel |
yit·ten-
were to give
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5414 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon |
lî
me
Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
ḇê·ṯōw
his house
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1004 |
BSB/Thayers | nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within |
mə·lō
full
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 4393 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) fulness, that which fills 1a) fulness, handful 1b) mass, multitude 1c) fulness, that which fills, entire contents 1d) full length, full line |
ke·sep̄
of silver
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3701 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents |
wə·zā·hāḇ
and gold ,
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 2091 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) gold 1a) as precious metal 1b) as a measure of weight 1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.) |
’ū·ḵal
I could
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular |
Strongs | 3201 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach 1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor 1a3) to have ability, have strength |
lō
not
Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
Strongs | 3808 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) |
la·‘ă·śō·wṯ
do
Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
Strongs | 6213 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
mil·lib·bî
anything of my own accord ,
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
Strongs | 3820 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
ṭō·w·ḇāh
good
Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
Strongs | 2896 |
BSB/Thayers | adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty |
’ōw
or
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 176 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) or, rather 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred 1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle 1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or 1d) if perchance 1e) except, or else 2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then |
rā·‘āh
bad ,
Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
Strongs | 7451 |
BSB/Thayers | adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity 2b) evil, injury, wrong 2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury 3a) evil, misery, distress 3b) evil, injury, wrong 3c) evil (ethical) |
la·‘ă·ḇōr
to go beyond
Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
Strongs | 5674 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over 1a2) to pass beyond 1a3) to pass through, traverse 1a3a) passers-through (participle) 1a3b) to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant) 1a4) to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by 1a4a) passer-by (participle) 1a4b) to be past, be over 1a5) to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance 1a6) to pass away 1a6a) to emigrate, leave (one's territory) 1a6b) to vanish 1a6c) to perish, cease to exist 1a6d) to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree) 1a6e) to be alienated, pass into other hands 1b) (Niphal) to be crossed 1c) (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote 1d2) to cause to pass through 1d3) to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by 1d4) to cause to pass away, cause to take away 1e) (Hithpael) to pass over |
pî
the command
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 6310 |
BSB/Thayers | peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21 |
’eṯ-
-
Grammar | Direct object marker |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
Yah·weh
of the LORD ?
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3068 |
BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
yə·ḏab·bêr
I will speak
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1696 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight |
’ă·šer-
whatever
Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
Strongs | 834 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if |
Yah·weh
the LORD
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3068 |
BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One| 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
’ō·ṯōw
-
Grammar | Direct object marker | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
’ă·ḏab·bêr
says .
Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular |
Strongs | 1696 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight |
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Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.” |
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wə·‘at·tāh
Now
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
Strongs | 6258 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) now 1a) now 1b) in phrases |
hin·nî
. . .
Grammar | Interjection | first person common singular |
Strongs | 2005 |
BSB/Thayers | interj 1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part 2) if |
hō·w·lêḵ
I am going back
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1980 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
lə·‘am·mî
to my people ,
Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
Strongs | 5971 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred |
lə·ḵāh
but come ,
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular |
Strongs | 1980 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
’î·‘ā·ṣə·ḵā
let me warn you
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 3289 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to advise, counsel, give counsel, consult 1a2) counsellor (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to consult together, exchange counsel, deliberate, counsel together 1c) (Hithpael) to conspire |
’ă·šer
what
Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
Strongs | 834 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if |
haz·zeh
this
Grammar | Article | Pronoun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 2088 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
hā·‘ām
people
Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 5971 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred |
ya·‘ă·śeh
will do
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6213 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
lə·‘am·mə·ḵā
to your people
Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5971 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred |
hay·yā·mîm
in the days
Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 3117 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow |
bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ
to come . ”
Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct |
Strongs | 319 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) after part, end 1a) end, issue, event 1b) latter time (prophetic for future time) 1c) posterity 1d) last, hindermost |
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Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open, |
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way·yiś·śā
Then [Balaam] lifted up
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5375 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
mə·šā·lōw
an oracle ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4912 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) proverb, parable 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism 1b) byword 1c) similitude, parable 1d) poem 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims |
way·yō·mar
saying ,
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
nə·’um
“ [This is] the prophecy
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 5002 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name) |
bil·‘ām
of Balaam
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
bə·nōw
son
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1121 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
ḇə·‘ōr
of Beor ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1160 |
BSB/Thayers | Beor = |burning| 1) father of Balaam 2) father of Bela, king of Edom |
ū·nə·’um
the prophecy
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 5002 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name) |
hag·ge·ḇer
of a man
Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1397 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight) |
hā·‘ā·yin
whose eyes
Grammar | Article | Noun - common singular |
Strongs | 5869 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain |
šə·ṯum
are open ,
Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 8365 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) to open 1a) meaning dubious |
נְאֻ֤םnə·’um “ [This is] the prophecy |
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the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open: |
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nə·’um
the prophecy
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 5002 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name) |
šō·mê·a‘
of one who hears
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 8085 |
BSB/Thayers | v 1) to hear, listen to, obey 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hear (perceive by ear) 1a2) to hear of or concerning 1a3) to hear (have power to hear) 1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to 1a5) to understand (language) 1a6) to hear (of judicial cases) 1a7) to listen, give heed 1a7a) to consent, agree 1a7b) to grant request 1a8) to listen to, yield to 1a9) to obey, be obedient 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound) 1b2) to be heard of 1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed 1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound 1d2) to sound aloud (musical term) 1d3) to make proclamation, summon 1d4) to cause to be heard n m 2) sound |
’im·rê-
the words
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
Strongs | 561 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command |
’êl
of God ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 410 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power |
wə·yō·ḏê·a‘
who has knowledge
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 3045 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to know 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to know 1a1a) to know, learn to know 1a1b) to perceive 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish 1a1e) to know by experience 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess 1a1g) to consider 1a2) to know, be acquainted with 1a3) to know (a person carnally) 1a4) to know how, be skilful in 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed 1b2) to make oneself known 1b3) to be perceived 1b4) to be instructed 1c) (Piel) to cause to know 1d) (Poal) to cause to know 1e) (Pual) 1e1) to be known 1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle) 1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare 1g) (Hophal) to be made known 1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
da·‘aṯ
. . .
Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
Strongs | 1847 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge 1a) knowledge, perception, skill 1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
‘el·yō·wn
from the Most High ,
Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
Strongs | 5945 |
BSB/Thayers | adj 1) high, upper 1a) of Davidic king exalted above monarchs n m 2) Highest, Most High 2a) name of God 2b) of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes |
ye·ḥĕ·zeh
who sees
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 2372 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see, behold 1a2) to see as a seer in the ecstatic state 1a3) to see, perceive 1a3a) with the intelligence 1a3b) to see (by experience) 1a3c) to provide |
ma·ḥă·zêh
a vision
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 4236 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) vision (in the ecstatic state) |
šad·day
from the Almighty ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7706 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) almighty, most powerful 1a) Shaddai, the Almighty (of God) |
nō·p̄êl
who bows down
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
Strongs | 5307 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself 1d) (Pilel) to fall |
‘ê·nā·yim
with eyes
Grammar | Noun - cd |
Strongs | 5869 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain |
ū·ḡə·lui
wide open :
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1540 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to uncover, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to uncover 1a2) to remove, depart 1a3) to go into exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) (reflexive) 1b1a) to uncover oneself 1b1b) to discover or show oneself 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God) 1b2) (passive) 1b2a) to be uncovered 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered 1b2c) to be revealed 1b3) to be removed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to uncover (nakedness) 1c1a) nakedness 1c1b) general 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare 1c3) to make known, show, reveal 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile 1g) (Hithpael) 1g1) to be uncovered 1g2) to reveal oneself |
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I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth. |
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’er·’en·nū
I see him ,
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7200 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
wə·lō
but not
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle |
Strongs | 3808 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) |
‘at·tāh
now ;
Grammar | Adverb |
Strongs | 6258 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) now 1a) now 1b) in phrases |
’ă·šū·ren·nū
I behold him ,
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7789 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, behold, observe, regard 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to behold, observe 1a2) to regard 1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait |
wə·lō
but not
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle |
Strongs | 3808 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) |
qā·rō·wḇ
near .
Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7138 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) near 1a) of place 1b) of time 1c) of personal relationship 1c1) kinship |
kō·w·ḵāḇ
A star
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3556 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) star 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.) |
dā·raḵ
will come forth
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1869 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to tread, bend, lead, march 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread, march, march forth 1a2) to tread on, tread upon 1a3) to tread (a press) 1a4) to tread (bend) a bow 1a5) archer, bow-benders (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to tread, tread down 1b2) to tread (bend with the foot) a bow 1b3) to cause to go, lead, march, tread |
mî·ya·‘ă·qōḇ
from Jacob ,
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3290 |
BSB/Thayers | Jacob = |heel holder| or |supplanter| 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel |
šê·ḇeṭ
and a scepter
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7626 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe |
wə·qām
will arise
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6965 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise 1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build 1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene 1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate 1e5) to raise up, constitute 1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish 1e7) to make binding 1e8) to carry out, give effect to 1f) (Hophal) to be raised up |
mî·yiś·rā·’êl
from Israel .
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3478 |
BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails| 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
ū·mā·ḥaṣ
He will crush
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4272 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle) |
pa·’ă·ṯê
the skulls
Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct |
Strongs | 6285 |
Footnote | SP foreheads; Hebrew corners (of the head); LXX princes |
BSB/Thayers | 1) corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity 1a) corner 1b) side |
mō·w·’āḇ
of Moab
Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
Strongs | 4124 |
BSB/Thayers | Moab = |of his father| n pr m 1) a son of Lot by his eldest daughter 2) the nation descended from the son of Lot n pr loc 3) the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot |
wə·qar·qar
and strike down
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6979 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) to bore, dig, dig for water 2) to be cold 2a) (Hiphil) to make or keep cool 3) (Pilpel) destroy, break down |
kāl-
all
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
Strongs | 3605 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything |
bə·nê-
the sons
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
Strongs | 1121 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
šēṯ
of Sheth .
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 8351 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) seat of body, buttocks Nu 24:17 |
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’ĕ·ḏō·wm
Edom
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 123 |
BSB/Thayers | Edom = |red| 1) Edom 2) Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau 3) land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine |
wə·hā·yāh
will become
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1961 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
yə·rê·šāh
a possession ,
Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
Strongs | 3424 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) possession, property |
yə·rê·šāh
[as]
Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
Strongs | 3424 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) possession, property |
wə·hā·yāh
will
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1961 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
śê·‘îr
Seir ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
Strongs | 8165 |
BSB/Thayers | Seir = |hairy| or |shaggy| n pr m 1) patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites n pr terr 2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont 3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf 3a) apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself 4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim |
’ō·yə·ḇāw
his enemy ;
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 341 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) enemy 1a) personal 1b) national |
wə·yiś·rā·’êl
but Israel
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3478 |
BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails| 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
‘ō·śeh
will perform
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
Strongs | 6213 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
ḥā·yil
with valor .
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 2428 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army |
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A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.” |
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wə·yê·rəd
A ruler will come
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7287 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down 1a) (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to dominate 2) to scrape out 2a) (Qal) to scrape, scrape out |
mî·ya·‘ă·qōḇ
from Jacob
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 3290 |
BSB/Thayers | Jacob = |heel holder| or |supplanter| 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel |
wə·he·’ĕ·ḇîḏ
and destroy
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.) |
śā·rîḏ
the survivors
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 8300 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) survivor, remnant, that which is left 1a) survivor |
mê·‘îr
of the city . ”
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular |
Strongs | 5892 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town |
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Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.” |
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way·yar
Then Balaam saw
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7200 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
’eṯ-
-
Grammar | Direct object marker |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
‘ă·mā·lêq
Amalek
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 6002 |
BSB/Thayers | Amalek = |dweller in a valley| 1) son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan 2) descendants of Amalek |
way·yiś·śā
and lifted up
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5375 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
mə·šā·lōw
an oracle ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4912 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) proverb, parable 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism 1b) byword 1c) similitude, parable 1d) poem 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims |
way·yō·mar
saying :
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
‘ă·mā·lêq
“ Amalek
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 6002 |
BSB/Thayers | Amalek = |dweller in a valley| 1) son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan 2) descendants of Amalek |
rê·šîṯ
was first
Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
Strongs | 7225 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) first, beginning, best, chief 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part |
gō·w·yim
among the nations ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 1471 |
BSB/Thayers | n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m 1c) Goyim? = |nations| |
wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw
but his end
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 319 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) after part, end 1a) end, issue, event 1b) latter time (prophetic for future time) 1c) posterity 1d) last, hindermost |
‘ă·ḏê
. . .
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 5704 |
BSB/Thayers | prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even |
’ō·ḇêḏ
[is] destruction . ”
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 8 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) destruction |
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Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff. |
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way·yar
Next he saw
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7200 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
’eṯ-
-
Grammar | Direct object marker |
Strongs | 853 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
haq·qê·nî
the Kenites
Grammar | Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7017 |
BSB/Thayers | Kenite = |smiths| 1) the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai |
way·yiś·śā
and lifted up
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5375 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
mə·šā·lōw
an oracle ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4912 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) proverb, parable 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism 1b) byword 1c) similitude, parable 1d) poem 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims |
way·yō·mar
saying :
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
mō·wō·šā·ḇe·ḵā
“ Your dwelling place
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4186 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers 1a) seat, sitting, those sitting, sitting company or assembly 1b) dwelling place, dwelling 1c) situation, location 1d) time of dwelling 1e) those dwelling, dweller |
’ê·ṯān
is secure ,
Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
Strongs | 386 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) perpetual, constant, perennial, ever-flowing 1a) ever-flowing (of a stream) 1b) permanence, permanent, enduring (fig.) |
qin·ne·ḵā
and your nest
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7064 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) nest 1a) nest (of bird) 1b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark) |
wə·śîm
is set
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
Strongs | 7760 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set |
bas·se·la‘
in a cliff .
Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 5553 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) crag, cliff, rock 1a) crag, cliff 1b) as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.) |
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Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.” |
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kî
Yet
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 3588 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
’im-
. . .
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 518 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather |
qā·yin
Kain
Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
Strongs | 7014 |
BSB/Thayers | Cain = |possession| n pr m 1) eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel Kenite = |smiths| n pr gent 2) the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai |
yih·yeh
will be
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1961 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
lə·ḇā·‘êr
destroyed
Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct |
Strongs | 1197 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn v denom 2) to be stupid, brutish, barbarous 2a) (Qal) to be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive 2b) (Niphal) to be stupid, dull-hearted 2c) (Piel) to feed, graze 2d) (Hiphil) to cause to be grazed over |
‘aḏ-
when
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 5704 |
BSB/Thayers | prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even |
māh
. . .
Grammar | Interrogative |
Strongs | 4100 |
BSB/Thayers | interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may |
’aš·šūr
Asshur
Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
Strongs | 804 |
Footnote | Or Assyria; also in verse 24 |
BSB/Thayers | Asshur or Assyria = |a step| n pr m 1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians 2) the people of Assyria n pr loc 3) the nation, Assyria 4) the land, Assyria or Asshur |
tiš·be·kā
takes you captive . ”
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7617 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to take captive 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take captive 1a2) captive (participle) 1a3) to lead captive 1b) (Niphal) to be taken captive |
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Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it? |
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way·yiś·śā
Once more [Balaam] lifted up
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 5375 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
mə·šā·lōw
an oracle ,
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4912 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) proverb, parable 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism 1b) byword 1c) similitude, parable 1d) poem 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims |
way·yō·mar
saying :
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 559 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
’ō·w
“ Ah ,
Grammar | Interjection |
Strongs | 188 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) woe! alas! oh! 1a) passionate cry of grief or despair |
mî
who
Grammar | Interrogative |
Strongs | 4310 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yiḥ·yeh
can live
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 2421 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life |
’êl
unless God
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 410 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power |
miś·śu·mōw
has ordained it ?
Grammar | Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7760 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set |
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Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.” |
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wə·ṣîm
Ships
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural |
Strongs | 6716 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) ship |
mî·yaḏ
[will come] from the coasts
Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct |
Strongs | 3027 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists |
kit·tîm
of Cyprus ;
Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
Strongs | 3794 |
Footnote | Hebrew Kittim |
BSB/Thayers | Chittim or Kittim = |bruisers| 1) a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea 2) the descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah |
wə·‘in·nū
they will subdue
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural |
Strongs | 6031 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with 2) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be put down, become low 2a2) to be depressed, be downcast 2a3) to be afflicted 2a4) to stoop 2b) (Niphal) 2b1) to humble oneself, bow down 2b2) to be afflicted, be humbled 2c) (Piel) 2c1) to humble, mishandle, afflict 2c2) to humble, be humiliated 2c3) to afflict 2d4) to humble, weaken oneself 2d) (Pual) 2d1) to be afflicted 2d2) to be humbled 2e) (Hiphil) to afflict 2f) (Hithpael) 2f1) to humble oneself 2f2) to be afflicted |
’aš·šūr
Asshur
Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
Strongs | 804 |
BSB/Thayers | Asshur or Assyria = |a step| n pr m 1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians 2) the people of Assyria n pr loc 3) the nation, Assyria 4) the land, Assyria or Asshur |
wə·‘in·nū-
. . .
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural |
Strongs | 6031 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with 2) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be put down, become low 2a2) to be depressed, be downcast 2a3) to be afflicted 2a4) to stoop 2b) (Niphal) 2b1) to humble oneself, bow down 2b2) to be afflicted, be humbled 2c) (Piel) 2c1) to humble, mishandle, afflict 2c2) to humble, be humiliated 2c3) to afflict 2d4) to humble, weaken oneself 2d) (Pual) 2d1) to be afflicted 2d2) to be humbled 2e) (Hiphil) to afflict 2f) (Hithpael) 2f1) to humble oneself 2f2) to be afflicted |
‘ê·ḇer
and Eber ,
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 5677 |
BSB/Thayers | Eber or Heber = |the region beyond| 1) son of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan 2) a Gadite chief 3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim 4) a Benjamite, son of Shashak 5) a priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua |
hū
but they
Grammar | Pronoun - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1931 |
BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article) |
wə·ḡam-
too
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 1571 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike |
’ō·ḇêḏ
will perish
Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
Strongs | 8 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) destruction |
‘ă·ḏê
forever . ”
Grammar | Preposition |
Strongs | 5704 |
BSB/Thayers | prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even |
מִיַּ֣דmî·yaḏ [will come] from the coasts |
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Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way. |
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bil·‘ām
Then Balaam
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1109 |
BSB/Thayers | Balaam = |not of the people| n pr m 1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy n pr loc 2) a town in Manasseh |
way·yā·qām
arose
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 6965 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise 1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build 1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene 1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate 1e5) to raise up, constitute 1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish 1e7) to make binding 1e8) to carry out, give effect to 1f) (Hophal) to be raised up |
way·yê·leḵ
vvv
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1980 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
way·yā·šāḇ
and returned
Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 7725 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back |
lim·qō·mōw
to his homeland ,
Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 4725 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of |
bā·lāq
and Balak
Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
Strongs | 1111 |
BSB/Thayers | Balak = |devastator| 1) a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel |
wə·ḡam-
also
Grammar | Conjunction |
Strongs | 1571 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike |
hā·laḵ
went
Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1980 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
lə·ḏar·kōw
on his way .
Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular |
Strongs | 1870 |
BSB/Thayers | 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.) |
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