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And shipsוְצִיםshall come from the handמִיַּדof Kittim,כִּתִּיםand they shall afflictוְעִנּוּAsshurאַשּׁוּרand shall afflictוְעִנּוּEber;עֵבֶרandוְheהוּאalsoגַםshall come toעֲדֵיdestruction.”אֹבֵד
Numbers 24:24
Study it in the app“And ships shall come from the hand of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur and shall afflict Eber; and he also shall come to destruction.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:24, word by word
- And shipsצִיםtsim
ship
Ship, vessel.
Where else “tsim” appears- shall come from the handיַּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of Kittimכִּתִּיםkitim
Kittim
Kittim, descendants of Javan; the name is used for Cyprus and later for peoples across the sea.
Where else “kitim” appears- and they shall afflictעִנּוּinu
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “inu” appears- Asshurאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- Eberעֵבֶרever
Eber
Eber, an ancestor of Abraham; the word "Hebrew" seems to come from his name. Also the name of other men.
Where else “ever” appears- shall come 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
Translation note
Kittim is Cyprus and, by extension, the lands of the sea to the west.
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
23And he took up his poem and said, “Alas, who shall live when El does this?
24 · This verse (above)
25Then Balaam rose and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.