Study it in the app“And he took up his poem and said, “From Aram Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me, from the mountains of the east: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’”
And he took upוַיִּשָּׂאhis poemמְשָׁלוֹand said,וַיֹּאמַר“FromמִןAramאֲרָםBalak,בָלָקthe kingמֶלֶךְof Moab,מוֹאָבhas brought me,יַנְחֵנִיfrom the mountainsמֵהַרְרֵיof the east:קֶדֶם‘Come,לְכָהcurseאָרָהJacobיַעֲקֹבfor me,לִּיandוּcome,לְכָהdenounceזֹעֲמָהIsrael!’יִשְׂרָאֵל
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appearspoem
A solemn message spoken as a poem, like Balaam's.
Where else “meshal” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearsBalak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “valak” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearslead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “yanche” appearsmountain
Mount, mountain (a poetic form).
Where else “harre” appearseast
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appearscurse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “ara” appearsJacob
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” appearscurse
To curse someone in anger.
Where else “zoama” appearsIsrael
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” appearsMoab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
6So he returned to him, and look, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and all the princes of Moab.
7 · This verse (above)
8How shall I curse whom El has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom YHWH has not denounced?
