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Whoמִיcan countמָנָהthe dustעֲפַרof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבorוּnumberמִסְפָּר אֶתthe fourth partרֹבַעof Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵלLet my soulנַפְשִׁיdieתָּמֹתthe deathמוֹתof the upright,יְשָׁרִיםand letוּתְהִיmy endאַחֲרִיתִיbe like his!”כָּמֹהוּ
Numbers 23:10
Study it in the app“Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:10, word by word
- can countמָנָהmana
count
To work out how many there are, counting them one by one.
Where else “mana” appears- the dustעֲפַרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- the fourth partרֹבַעrova
fourth part
Fourth part.
Where else “rova” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- Let my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- dieתָּמֹתtamot
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamot” appears- the deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- of the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- and letתְהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- my endאַחֲרִיתִachariti
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “achariti” appears
The context
9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I gaze on him. Look, a people that dwells alone, and does not count itself among the nations!
10 · This verse (above)
11And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them!”