New American Standard Bible 1995

Numbers 23:7-10

7He tookוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375up hisdiscourseמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912and saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559, “FromAramH6307Balakבָלָ֤קva.LakH1111has broughtיַנְחֵ֨נִיyan.Che.niH5148me,Moab’sמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428from the mountainsH2022of the Eastקֶ֔דֶםKe.demH6924, ‘Comeלְכָה֙le.KhahH1980curseאָֽרָה־'a.rah-H779Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290for me,And comeוּלְכָ֖הu.le.KhahH1980,denounceזֹעֲמָ֥הzo.'a.MahH2194Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!’

8Howמָ֣הmahH4100shall I curseאֶקֹּ֔ב'e.KoH6895whom Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410has not cursedקַבֹּ֖הka.BohH6895?And howוּמָ֣הu.MahH4100can I denounceאֶזְעֹ֔ם'ez.'OmH2194whom the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068has not denouncedזָעַ֖םza.'AmH2194?

9As I seeאֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ'er.'E.nuH7200him from the topמֵרֹ֤אשׁme.RoshH7218of the rocksצֻרִים֙tzu.RimH6697,And I lookאֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ'a.shu.Re.nuH7789at him from the hillsוּמִגְּבָע֖וֹתu.mi.ge.va.'otH1389;Beholdהֶן־hen-H2005,a peopleעָם֙'amH5971whodwellsיִשְׁכֹּ֔ןyish.KonH7931apartלְבָדָ֣דle.va.DadH910,And will not be reckonedיִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃yit.cha.ShavH2803among the nationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֖םu.va.go.YimH1471.

10Whoמִ֤יmiH4310can countמָנָה֙ma.NahH4487the dustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,Or numberוּמִסְפָּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557the fourthרֹ֣בַעRoa'H7255partH7255of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478? Letme dieתָּמֹ֤תta.MotH4191the deathמ֣וֹתMotH4194of the uprightיְשָׁרִ֔יםye.sha.RimH3477,And let my endאַחֲרִיתִ֖י'a.cha.ri.TiH319be likeכָּמֹֽהוּ׃ka.Mo.huH3644his!”

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