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He crouched,כָּרַעhe lay downשָׁכַבlike a lion,כַּאֲרִיandוּlike a lioness;כְלָבִיאwhoמִיwill rouse him?יְקִימֶנּוּBlessed isבָרוּךְeveryone who blesses you,מְבָרֲכֶיךָandוְcursed isאָרוּרeveryone who curses you.”אֹרְרֶיךָ
Numbers 24:9
Study it in the app“He 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:9, word by word
- He crouchedכָּרַעkara
crouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “kara” appears- he lay downשָׁכַבshachav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shachav” appears- like a lionאֲרִיari
lion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appears- like a lionessלָבִיאlavi
lioness
Lioness (or full-grown lion).
Where else “lavi” appears- will rouse himיְקִימֶyekime
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yekime” appears- Blessed isבָרוּךְvaruch
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “varuch” appears- cursed isאָרוּרarur
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “arur” appears
The context
8El 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “To curse my enemies I called you, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!