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Forכִּיfrom the topמֵרֹאשׁof the rocksצֻרִיםI see him,אֶרְאֶנּוּand from the hillsוּמִגְּבָעוֹתI gaze on him.אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּLook,הֶןa peopleעָםthat dwellsיִשְׁכֹּןalone,לְבָדָדand does notוּ לֹאcount itselfיִתְחַשָּׁבamong the nations!בַגּוֹיִם
Numbers 23:9
Study it in the app“For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I gaze on him. Look, a people that dwells alone, and does not count itself among the nations!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:9, word by word
- from the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the rocksצֻרִיםtsurim
rock
A large rock.
Where else “tsurim” appears- I see himאֶרְאֶere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- and from the hillsגְּבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears- I gaze on himאֲשׁוּרֶashure
gaze
To see something, often from afar or with attention.
Where else “ashure” appears- a peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- that dwellsיִשְׁכֹּןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears- aloneבָדָדvadad
alone, apart
Apart, alone: separated from the others.
Where else “vadad” appears- count itselfיִתְחַשָּׁבyitchashav
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “yitchashav” appears- among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears
The context
8How shall I curse whom El has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom YHWH has not denounced?
9 · This verse (above)
10Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!”