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And he sawוַיַּרְאAmalekאֶת עֲמָלֵקand took upוַיִּשָּׂאhis poemמְשָׁלוֹand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Amalekעֲמָלֵקwas the firstרֵאשִׁיתof the nations,גּוֹיִםbutוְhis endאַחֲרִיתוֹshall be toעֲדֵיdestruction.”אֹבֵד
Numbers 24:20
Study it in the app“And he saw Amalek and took up his poem and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end shall be to destruction.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:20, word by word
- And he sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- and 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- was the firstרֵאשִׁיתreshit
best
The best of something, what is set apart for its quality.
Where else “reshit” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- his endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- shall be toעֲדֵיade
forever
Time that does not end, without limit of years.
Where else “ade” appears- destructionאֹבֵדoved
destruction
Perishing, ruin: the end of one who is completely lost.
Where else “oved” appears
The context
19And one from Jacob shall rule and destroy the survivor from the city.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And he saw the Kenites and took up his poem and said, “Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the crag;