Elאֵלbrings him outמוֹצִיאוֹof Egypt;מִמִּצְרַיִםhe hasלוֹas it were the hornsכְּתוֹעֲפֹתof the wild ox.רְאֵםHe shall devourיֹאכַלthe nations,גּוֹיִםhis adversaries,צָרָיוandוְbreakיְגָרֵםtheir bones,עַצְמֹתֵיהֶםandוְwith his arrowsחִצָּיוshatter them.יִמְחָץ
Numbers 24:8
Study it in the app“El brings him out of Egypt; he has as it were the horns of the wild ox. He shall devour the nations, his adversaries, and break their bones, and with his arrows shatter them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:8, word by word
- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- brings him outמוֹצִיאmotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “motsi” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- as it were the hornsתוֹעֲפֹתtoafot
peak
Towering height: a wild ox's prongs, mountain summits.
Where else “toafot” appears- of the wild oxרְאֵםreem
wild ox
Wild ox: a large, strong animal, an image of power.
Where else “reem” appears- He shall devourיֹאכַלyochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “yochal” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- his adversariesצָרָיtsaray
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsaray” appears- breakיְגָרֵםyegarem
gnaw
To crack and chew bones.
Where else “yegarem” appears- their bonesעַצְמֹתֵיatsmote
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmote” appears- with his arrowsחִצָּיchitsay
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chitsay” appears- shatter themיִמְחָץyimchats
shatter, crush
Shatter: strike hard until it breaks or is crushed.
Where else “yimchats” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
7Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be by many waters; and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 · This verse (above)
9He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like a lioness; who will rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”