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Numbers 24:2-9

2AndBalaamבִלְעָ֜םvil.'AmH1109liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375uphiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869,andhesawH7200Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dwellingשֹׁכֵ֖ןsho.KhenH7931accordingtotheirtribesH7626;andtheSpiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430cameuponhim.

3AndhetookH5375uphisparableH4912,andsaidH559,Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109thesonבְּנ֣וֹbe.NoH1121ofBeorבְעֹ֔רve.'OrH1160saith,Andthemanהַגֶּ֖בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whoseeyeהָעָֽיִן׃ha.'A.yinH5869wasclosed saith;

4Hesaith,whoheareththewordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410,Whoseeththevisionמַחֲזֵ֤הma.cha.ZehH4236oftheAlmightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706,FallingH5307downנֹפֵ֖לno.FelH5307,andhavinghiseyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869open:

5Howמַה־mah-H4100goodlyarethytentsאֹהָלֶ֖יךָ'o.ha.Lei.khaH168,OJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, Thy tabernacles,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!

6AsvalleysaretheyspreadH5186forth,Asgardensכְּגַנֹּ֖תke.ga.NotH1593bytheriver-side,Aslign-aloeswhichJehovahhathplantedנָטַ֣עna.Ta'H5193,Ascedar-treesbesidethewatersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

7Waterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325shallflowיִֽזַּל־yi.zal-H5140fromhisbuckets,AndhisseedH2233shallbeinmanyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227watersבְּמַ֣יִםbe.Ma.yimH4325,Andhiskingמַלְכּ֔וֹmal.KoH4428shallbehigherוְיָרֹ֤םve.ya.RomH7311thanAgagמֵֽאֲגַג֙me.'a.GagH90,Andhiskingdomמַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃mal.khu.ToH4438shallbeexaltedH7311.

8Godאֵ֚ל'elH410bringethhimforthH3318outofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714;Hehathasitwerethestrengthofthewild-ox:HeshalleatH398upthenationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471hisadversaries,AndshallbreaktheirbonesH6106inpieces,Andsmitethemthroughwithhisarrowsוְחִצָּ֥יוve.chi.TzavH2671.

9Hecouched,helayH7901downשָׁכַ֧בsha.KhavH7901asalionכַּאֲרִ֛יka.'a.RiH738,AndasalionessH3833;whoshallrousehimup?BlessedH1288beeveryonethatblesseth thee,AndcursedH779beeveryonethatcurseth thee.

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