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Numbers 24:2-9

2AndBalaamבִלְעָ֜םvil.'AmH1109liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375uphiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869andsawH7200Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dwellingשֹׁכֵ֖ןsho.KhenH7931[intents]accordingtohistribesH7626;andtheSpiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430cameuponhim.

3AndhetookH5375uphisparableH4912,andsaidH559,Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109thesonבְּנ֣וֹbe.NoH1121ofBeorבְעֹ֔רve.'OrH1160saith,andthemanהַגֶּ֖בֶרha.Ge.verH1397ofopenedeyeהָעָֽיִן׃ha.'A.yinH5869saith,

4Hesaith,whoheareththewordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410,whoseeththevisionמַחֲזֵ֤הma.cha.ZehH4236oftheAlmightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706,whofallethdownנֹפֵ֖לno.FelH5307,andwhohathhiseyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869open:

5Howמַה־mah-H4100goodlyarethytentsאֹהָלֶ֖יךָ'o.ha.Lei.khaH168,Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290,andthy tabernacles,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!

6LikevalleysaretheyspreadH5186forth,likegardensכְּגַנֹּ֖תke.ga.NotH1593bytheriverנָהָ֑רna.HarH5104side,Likealoe-treeswhichJehovahhathplantedנָטַ֣עna.Ta'H5193,likecedarsכַּאֲרָזִ֖יםka.'a.ra.ZimH730besidethewatersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

7Waterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325shallflowיִֽזַּל־yi.zal-H5140outofhisbuckets,andhisseedH2233shallbeingreatH7227watersבְּמַ֣יִםbe.Ma.yimH4325,Andhiskingמַלְכּ֔וֹmal.KoH4428shallbehigherוְיָרֹ֤םve.ya.RomH7311thanAgagמֵֽאֲגַג֙me.'a.GagH90,andhiskingdomמַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃mal.khu.ToH4438shallbeexaltedH7311.

8Godאֵ֚ל'elH410broughtH3318himoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714;hehathasitwerethestrengthofabuffalo.Heshallconsumeיֹאכַ֞לyo.KhalH398thenationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471hisenemies,andbreaktheirbonesH6106,andwithhisarrowsוְחִצָּ֥יוve.chi.TzavH2671shallsmite [them]inpieces.

9Hestooped,helayH7901downשָׁכַ֧בsha.KhavH7901likealionכַּאֲרִ֛יka.'a.RiH738,andlikealionessH3833:whowillstirhimup?BlessedH1288ishethatblesseth thee,andcursedH779ishethatcurseth thee.

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