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nevertheless,כִּי אִםCainקָיִןshall beיִהְיֶהfor burning.לְבָעֵרHow longעַד מָהuntil Asshurאַשּׁוּרtakes you captive?”תִּשְׁבֶּךָּ
Numbers 24:22
Study it in the app“nevertheless, Cain shall be for burning. How long until Asshur takes you captive?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:22, word by word
- Cainקָיִןkayin
Cain
Cain, the first son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel. In Hebrew "Qayin" sounds like "I have gotten" (Genesis 4:1). Also a place, and the tribe of the Kenites.
Where else “kayin” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- for burningבָעֵרvaer
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “vaer” appears- until Asshurאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- takes you captiveתִּשְׁבֶּtishbe
take captive
Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.
Where else “tishbe” appears
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
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;
22 · This verse (above)
23And he took up his poem and said, “Alas, who shall live when El does this?