Numbers
Numbers 23:8
8How can I curse those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | מָ֣ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can I curse | קַבֹּ֖ה | qab·bōh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H6895 utter a curse against, curse |
| God | אֵ֑ל | ’êl | Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| has not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| cursed | אֶקֹּ֔ב | ’eq·qōḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H6895 utter a curse against, curse |
| How | וּמָ֣ה | ū·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can I denounce | אֶזְעֹ֔ם | ’ez·‘ōm | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H2194 be indignant |
| the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| denounced | זָעַ֖ם | zā·‘am | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2194 be indignant |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 23:23 · Isaiah 44:25 · Numbers 23:20 · Numbers 22:12 · Isaiah 47:12–13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.