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And he took upוַיִּשָּׂאhis poemמְשָׁלוֹand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Rise,קוּםBalak,בָּלָקand hear;וּשֲׁמָעgive earהַאֲזִינָהto me,עָדַיsonבְּנוֹof Zippor!צִפֹּר
Numbers 23:18
Study it in the app“And he took up his poem and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:18, word by word
- And he took upיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- his poemמְשָׁלmeshal
poem
A solemn message spoken as a poem, like Balaam's.
Where else “meshal” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “Riseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- and hearשֲׁמָעshama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appears- give earהַאֲזִינָhaazina
listen, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazina” appears- sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Zipporצִפֹּרtsipor
Zippor
Zippor, father of Balak, king of Moab. The name means "bird."
Where else “tsipor” appears
The context
17And he came to him, and look, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has YHWH spoken?”
18 · This verse (above)
19El is not a man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should relent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?