Numbers 23:21

“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.”

Numbers 23:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 23:21, word by word

looked onהִבִּיטhibit

look

Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.

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wickednessאָוֶןaven

wickedness

The evil one does.

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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.

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seenרָאָהraa

see

To see with one's eyes.

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troubleעָמָלamal

suffering

Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.

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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.

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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.

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his Elohimאֱלֹהָיelohay

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and the acclamationתְרוּעַתteruat

acclamation

A glad outcry, or a festive trumpet blast.

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of a kingמֶלֶךְmelech

supreme king

YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.

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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.

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