Study it in the app“I see him, but not now; I gaze on him, but not near. A star shall march forth from Jacob, and a scepter shall rise from Israel, and shall shatter the temples of Moab and tear down all the sons of Sheth.”
I see him,אֶרְאֶנּוּbutוְnotלֹאnow;עַתָּהI gaze on him,אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּbutוְnotלֹאnear.קָרוֹבA starכּוֹכָבshall march forthדָּרַךְfrom Jacob,מִיַּעֲקֹבandוְa scepterשֵׁבֶטshall riseקָםfrom Israel,מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלand shall shatterוּמָחַץthe templesפַּאֲתֵיof Moabמוֹאָבandוְtear downקַרְקַרallכָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Sheth.שֵׁת
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearsgaze
To see something, often from afar or with attention.
Where else “ashure” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appearsstar
Star.
Where else “kochav” appearstread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “darach” 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” appearsrod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kam” 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” appearsshatter, crush
Shatter: strike hard until it breaks or is crushed.
Where else “machats” appearsedge
The edge or corner of something: of a field, a piece of furniture or the head.
Where else “paate” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearstear down
Knock down, demolish.
Where else “karkar” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsSheth; tumult
Sheth: the name of a people (or an ancestor) neighboring Moab, or else "tumult"; the sense is debated.
Where else “shet” appearsIt can be understood that the poem announces a king (“scepter”) who would come from Israel. David defeated Moab and Edom (2 Samuel 8:2, 14). In Revelation 22:16 Jesus calls himself “the bright morning star.”
Moab
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).
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:
17 · This verse (above)
18And Edom shall be a possession, and Seir, his enemies, shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
