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Look,הֶןa peopleעָםrisesיָקוּםlike a lioness,כְּלָבִיאandוְlike a lionכַאֲרִיit lifts itself up;יִתְנַשָּׂאit does notלֹאlie downיִשְׁכַּבuntilעַדit devoursיֹאכַלthe preyטֶרֶףandוְdrinksיִשְׁתֶּהthe bloodדַםof the slain.”חֲלָלִים
Numbers 23:24
Study it in the app“Look, 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:24, word by word
- a peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- risesיָקוּםyakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakum” appears- like a lionessלָבִיאlavi
lioness
Lioness (or full-grown lion).
Where else “lavi” appears- like a lionאֲרִיari
lion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appears- it lifts itself upיִתְנַשָּׂאyitnasa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yitnasa” appears- lie downיִשְׁכַּבyishkav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appears- it devoursיֹאכַלyochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “yochal” appears- the preyטֶרֶףteref
prey
What the beast hunts and devours.
Where else “teref” appears- drinksיִשְׁתֶּהyishte
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishte” appears- the bloodדַםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- of the slainחֲלָלִיםchalalim
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalalim” appears
The context
23For 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!’
24 · This verse (above)
25And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”