KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Numbers 23:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he took up” | וַיִּשָּׂ֥א | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | took up |
| “his parable,” | מְשָׁל֖וֹ | Properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) | parable |
| “and said,” | וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Balak” | בָלָ֤ק | Balak, a Moabitish king | Balak |
| “the king” | מֶֽלֶךְ | A king | king |
| “of Moab” | מוֹאָב֙ | Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants | Moab |
| “hath brought” | יַנְחֵ֨נִי | To guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists) | brought |
| “me from” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | me from |
| “Aram,” | אֲ֠רָם | Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite | Aram |
| “out of the mountains” | מֵֽהַרְרֵי | A mountain | out mountains |
| “of the east,” | קֶ֔דֶם | The front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) | east |
| “saying,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “Come,” | לְכָה֙ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | Come |
| “curse” | אָֽרָה | To execrate | curse |
| “me Jacob,” | יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacob |
| “and come,” | וּלְכָ֖ה | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | come |
| “defy” | זֹֽעֲמָ֥ה | Properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e., to be enraged | defy |
| “Israel.” | יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
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5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 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.
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
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