Berean Standard Bible

Numbers 23:7-10

7And Balaam lifted upוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375an oracleמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912,sayingוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559: “Balakבָלָ֤קva.LakH1111brought meיַנְחֵ֨נִיyan.Che.niH5148fromמִן־min-H4480Aramאֲ֠רָם'A.romH758,the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Moabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124from the mountainsמֵֽהַרְרֵי־me.ha.rei-H2042of the eastקֶ֔דֶםKe.demH6924. ‘Come,’ he saidלְכָה֙le.KhahH1980, ‘put a curseאָֽרָה־'a.rah-H779on Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290for me;comeוּלְכָ֖הu.le.KhahH1980anddenounceזֹעֲמָ֥הzo.'a.MahH2194Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!’

8Howמָ֣הmahH4100can I curseאֶקֹּ֔ב'e.KoH6895those whomGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410has notלֹ֥אlo'H3808cursedקַבֹּ֖הka.BohH6895?Howוּמָ֣הu.MahH4100can I denounceאֶזְעֹ֔ם'ez.'OmH2194those whomthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068has notלֹ֥אlo'H3808denouncedזָעַ֖םza.'AmH2194?

9Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588I see themאֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ'er.'E.nuH7200from atopמֵרֹ֤אשׁme.RoshH7218the rocky cliffsצֻרִים֙tzu.RimH6697,and I watch themאֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ'a.shu.Re.nuH7789from the hillsוּמִגְּבָע֖וֹתu.mi.ge.va.'otH1389.Beholdהֶן־hen-H2005,a peopleעָם֙'amH5971dwellingיִשְׁכֹּ֔ןyish.KonH7931apartלְבָדָ֣דle.va.DadH910,notלֹ֥אlo'H3808reckoning themselvesיִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃yit.cha.ShavH2803among the nationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֖םu.va.go.YimH1471.

10Whoמִ֤יmiH4310can countמָנָה֙ma.NahH4487the dustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290or numberוּמִסְפָּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557אֶת־'et-H853evena fourthרֹ֣בַעRoa'H7255of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478?Let meנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315dieתָּמֹ֤תta.MotH4191the deathמ֣וֹתMotH4194of the righteousיְשָׁרִ֔יםye.sha.RimH3477;let my endאַחֲרִיתִ֖י'a.cha.ri.TiH319beוּתְהִ֥יu.te.HiH1961like theirsכָּמֹֽהוּ׃ka.Mo.huH3644!”

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