Numbers

Numbers 23:7

⁷And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:

“Balak brought me from Aram,

the king of Moab from the mountains of the east.

‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me;

come and denounce Israel!’

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Balaam lifted up	וַיִּשָּׂ֥א	way·yiś·śā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
an oracle	מְשָׁל֖וֹ	mə·šā·lōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4912 proverb, parable
saying	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	way·yō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Balak	בָלָ֤ק	ḇā·lāq	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1111 Balak
brought me	יַנְחֵ֨נִי	yan·ḥê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H5148 lead, guide
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Aram	אֲ֠רָם	’ă·rām	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H758 Aram
the king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Moab	מוֹאָב֙	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
from the mountains	מֵֽהַרְרֵי־	mê·har·rê-	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2042 mountain
of the east	קֶ֔דֶם	qe·ḏem	Noun - masculine singular	H6924 front, east, aforetime
Come	לְכָה֙	lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
’ he said	לְכָה֙	lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
put a curse	אָֽרָה־	’ā·rāh-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H779 curse
on Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
for me	לִּ֣י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
come	וּלְכָ֖ה	ū·lə·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
denounce	זֹעֲמָ֥ה	zō·‘ă·māh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2194 be indignant
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

Cross-references

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

Deuteronomy 23:4 · Numbers 23:18 · Numbers 24:3 · Numbers 22:5–6 · Numbers 24:23 · Micah 2:4 · Job 29:1 · Numbers 24:15 · Psalm 78:2 · Matthew 13:33 · 2 Samuel 23:9 · Mark 12:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.