Numbers 23:7
And 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!’
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ASV
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
KJV
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשָּׂ֥א | vai.yi.Sa' | and he lifted up | H5375 → |
| מְשָׁל֖וֹ | me.sha.Lo | oracle his | H4912 → |
| וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | vai.yo.Mar | and he said | H559 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| אֲ֠רָם | 'A.rom | Aram | H758 → |
| יַנְחֵ֨נִי | yan.Che.ni | he led me | H5148 → |
| בָלָ֤ק | va.Lak | Balak | H1111 → |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | Me.lekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → |
| מוֹאָב֙ | mo.'Av | Moab | H4124 → |
| מֵֽהַרְרֵי־ | me.ha.rei- | from [the] mountains of | H2042 → |
| קֶ֔דֶם | Ke.dem | [the] east | H6924 → |
| לְכָה֙ | le.Khah | come ! | H1980 → |
| אָֽרָה־ | 'a.rah- | curse ! | H779 → |
| לִּ֣י | li | for <the> me | |
| יַעֲקֹ֔ב | ya.'a.Ko | Jacob | H3290 → |
| וּלְכָ֖ה | u.le.Khah | and come ! | H1980 → |
| זֹעֲמָ֥ה | zo.'a.Mah | denounce ! | H2194 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
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