He has notלֹאlooked onהִבִּיטwickednessאָוֶןin Jacob,בְּיַעֲקֹבandוְhe has notלֹאseenרָאָהtroubleעָמָלin Israel.בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלYHWHיְהוָהhis Elohimאֱלֹהָיוis with him,עִמּוֹand the acclamationוּתְרוּעַתof a kingמֶלֶךְis among them.בּוֹ
Numbers 23:21
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:21, word by word
- looked onהִבִּיטhibit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “hibit” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- in 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- seenרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- troubleעָמָלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears- in 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- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- his Elohimאֱלֹהָיelohay
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appears- and the acclamationתְרוּעַתteruat
acclamation
A glad outcry, or a festive trumpet blast.
Where else “teruat” appears- of a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
supreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
20Look, I have received a command to bless; and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
21 · This verse (above)
22El brings them out of Egypt; he has as it were the horns of the wild ox.