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Howמַהgoodטֹּבוּare your tents,אֹהָלֶיךָJacob,יַעֲקֹבyour dwellings,מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָIsrael!יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 24:5
Study it in the app“How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:5, word by word
- goodטֹּבוּtovu
seem good
To seem good, to be pleasing or fitting.
Where else “tovu” appears- are your tentsאֹהָלֶיohale
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohale” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
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” appears- your dwellingsמִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיmishknote
home
The house or place where someone lives.
Where else “mishknote” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
The context
4the oracle of him who hears the words of El, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:
5 · This verse (above)
6Like valleys they stretch out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes YHWH has planted, like cedars beside the waters.