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Forכִּיthere is noלֹאomenנַחַשׁagainst Jacob,בְּיַעֲקֹבandוְnoלֹאdivinationקֶסֶםagainst Israel.בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלNowכָּעֵתit shall be saidיֵאָמֵרof Jacobלְיַעֲקֹבandוּof Israel,לְיִשְׂרָאֵל‘WhatמַהElאֵלhas done!’פָּעַל
Numbers 23:23
Study it in the app“For there is no omen against Jacob, and no divination against Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What El has done!’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:23, word by word
- omenנַחַשׁnachash
omen
Omen: a sign by which someone tries to divine or to cast a spell.
Where else “nachash” appears- against 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- divinationקֶסֶםkesem
divination
Trying to know hidden things, as false prophets did.
Where else “kesem” appears- against 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- Nowעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- it shall be saidיֵאָמֵרyeamer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yeamer” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- has done!’פָּעַלpaal
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “paal” appears
The context
22El brings them out of Egypt; he has as it were the horns of the wild ox.
23 · This verse (above)
24Look, a people rises like a lioness, and like a lion it lifts itself up; it does not lie down until it devours the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.”