Numbers

Numbers 22:3–4

³and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites. ⁴So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.”

Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

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Numbers 22:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and Moab	מוֹאָ֜ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
was terrified	וַיָּ֨גָר	way·yā·ḡār	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1481 sojourn
of	מִפְּנֵ֥י	mip·pə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the people	הָעָ֛ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they	ה֑וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
were numerous	רַב־	raḇ-	Adjective - masculine singular	H7227 much, many, great
Indeed	מוֹאָ֔ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
Moab	מוֹאָ֔ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
dreaded	וַיָּ֣קָץ	way·yā·qāṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6973 feel a loathing, abhorrence, sickening dread
the Israelites	בְּנֵ֥י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son

Numbers 22:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So the Moabites	מוֹאָ֜ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the elders	זִקְנֵ֣י	ziq·nê	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H2205 old
of Midian	מִדְיָ֗ן	miḏ·yān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4080 Midjan
This horde	הַקָּהָל֙	haq·qā·hāl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation
will devour	יְלַחֲכ֤וּ	yə·la·ḥă·ḵū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3897 lick
everything	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
around us	סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔ינוּ	sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯê·nū	Adverb; first person common plural	H5439 circuit, round about
as an ox	הַשּׁ֔וֹר	haš·šō·wr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7794 head of cattle
licks up	כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ	kil·ḥōḵ	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3897 lick
the grass	יֶ֣רֶק	ye·req	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3418 green, greenness
of the field	הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
Since Balak	וּבָלָ֧ק	ū·ḇā·lāq	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1111 Balak
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Zippor	צִפּ֛וֹר	ṣip·pō·wr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6834 Tsippor
was king	מֶ֥לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
of Moab	לְמוֹאָ֖ב	lə·mō·w·’āḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
at that	הַהִֽוא׃	ha·hi·w	Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
time	בָּעֵ֥ת	bā·‘êṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H6256 time

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Numbers 22:3 Exodus 15:15 · Isaiah 23:5

Numbers 22:4 Numbers 31:8 · Numbers 25:15–18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.