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Look,הִנֵּהI have received a commandלָקָחְתִּיto bless;בָרֵךְand he has blessed,וּבֵרֵךְandוְI cannotלֹאreverse it.אֲשִׁיבֶנָּה
Numbers 23:20
Study it in the app“Look, I have received a command to bless; and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:20, word by word
- I have received a commandלָקָחְתִּיlakachti
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakachti” appears- to blessבָרֵךְvarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “varech” appears- reverse itאֲשִׁיבֶashive
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashive” appears
The context
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?
20 · This verse (above)
21He has not looked on wickedness in Jacob, and he has not seen trouble in Israel. YHWH his Elohim is with him, and the acclamation of a king is among them.