Numbers
Numbers 24:5–6
5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your dwellings, O Israel!
6They spread out like palm groves,b
like gardens beside a stream,
like aloes the LORD has planted,
like cedars beside the waters.
Footnotes
- b 24:6 Or like valleys
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.
Numbers 24:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| lovely are | טֹּ֥בוּ | ṭō·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H2895 pleasing, good |
| your tents | אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ | ’ō·hā·le·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H168 tent |
| O Jacob | יַעֲקֹ֑ב | ya·‘ă·qōḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3290 Jacob |
| your dwellings | מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ | miš·kə·nō·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle' |
| O Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
Numbers 24:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They spread out | נִטָּ֔יוּ | niṭ·ṭā·yū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| like palm groves | כִּנְחָלִ֣ים | kin·ḥā·lîm | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural | H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady |
| like gardens | כְּגַנֹּ֖ת | kə·ḡan·nōṯ | Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural | H1593 garden |
| beside | עֲלֵ֣י | ‘ă·lê | Preposition | H5921 height |
| a stream | נָהָ֑ר | nā·hār | Noun - masculine singular | H5104 stream, river |
| like aloes | כַּאֲהָלִים֙ | ka·’ă·hā·lîm | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural | H174 aloe wood |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has planted | נָטַ֣ע | nā·ṭa‘ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5193 strike, fix, plant |
| like cedars | כַּאֲרָזִ֖ים | ka·’ă·rā·zîm | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural | H730 cedar |
| beside | עֲלֵי־ | ‘ă·lê- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the waters | מָֽיִם׃ | mā·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 24:6 Psalm 1:3 · Isaiah 58:11 · Psalm 104:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.