And he took upוַיִּשָּׂאhis poemמְשָׁלוֹand said,וַיֹּאמַר“The oracleנְאֻםof Balaamבִּלְעָםsonבְּנוֹof Beor,בְעֹרandוּthe oracleנְאֻםof the manהַגֶּבֶרwhose eyeהָעָיִןis opened,שְׁתֻם
Numbers 24:15
Study it in the app“And he took up his poem and said, “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:15, word by word
- And he took upיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- his poemמְשָׁלmeshal
poem
A solemn message spoken as a poem, like Balaam's.
Where else “meshal” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “The oracleנְאֻםneum
oracle
Solemn words of a man, like Balaam.
Where else “neum” appears- of Balaamבִּלְעָםbilam
Balaam
Balaam, a diviner from Mesopotamia whom the king of Moab called to curse Israel. The name perhaps means "not of the people," that is, a foreigner.
Where else “bilam” appears- sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Beorבְעֹרveor
Beor
Beor, the father of Bela, king of Edom, and the father of Balaam.
Where else “veor” appears- of the manגֶּבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- whose eyeעָיִןayin
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ayin” appears- is openedשְׁתֻםshetum
open
Open, uncover. A word found only in Numbers 24, whose sense is uncertain.
Where else “shetum” appears
The context
14And now, look, I am going to my people; come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
15 · This verse (above)
16the oracle of him who hears the words of El, and knows the knowledge of Elyon, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered: