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And he took himוַיִּקָּחֵהוּto the fieldשְׂדֵהof Zophim,צֹפִיםtoאֶלthe topרֹאשׁof Pisgah,הַפִּסְגָּהand builtוַיִּבֶןsevenשִׁבְעָהaltarsמִזְבְּחֹתand offeredוַיַּעַלa bullפָּרand a ramוָאַיִלon each altar.בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ
Numbers 23:14
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Numbers 23:14, word by word
- And he took himיִּקָּחֵyikache
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikache” appears- to the fieldשְׂדֵהsede
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” appears- of Zophimצֹפִיםtsofim
Zophim
Zophim, a place east of the Jordan, on Pisgah. The name means "watchmen."
Where else “tsofim” appears- the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisga
Pisgah
Pisgah, a mountain east of the Jordan, facing Jericho. The name means "cleft."
Where else “pisga” appears- and builtיִּבֶןyiven
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yiven” appears- sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- altarsמִזְבְּחֹתmizbchot
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appears- and offeredיַּעַלyaal
offer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “yaal” appears- a bullפָּרpar
bull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “par” appears- and a ramאַיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears
The context
13And Balak said to him, “Come, please, with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the edge of them and shall not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet him there.”