Revised Literal Translation

Numbers 24:17-19

17I shall seeאֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙'er.'E.nuH7200him, but not now: I shall beholdאֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ'a.shu.Re.nuH7789him, but not nighקָר֑וֹבka.RovH7138:there shall comeדָּרַ֨ךְda.RakhH1869a Starכּוֹכָ֜בko.KhavH3556out of Jacobמִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗בmi.ya.'a.KoH3290,and a Sceptreשֵׁ֙בֶט֙she.vetH7626shall riseוְקָ֥םve.KamH6965out of Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,and shall smiteוּמָחַץ֙u.ma.ChatzH4272the cornersפַּאֲתֵ֣יpa.'a.TeiH6285of Moabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124,and destroyוְקַרְקַ֖רve.kar.KarH6979all the childrenבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121of Shethשֵֽׁת׃ShetH8351 H8352.

18And Edomאֱד֜וֹם'e.DomH123shall be a possessionיְרֵשָׁ֗הye.re.ShahH3424,Seirשֵׂעִ֖ירse.'IrH8165also shall be a possessionיְרֵשָׁ֛הye.re.ShahH3424for his enemiesאֹיְבָ֑יו'o.ye.VavH341;and Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478shall doעֹ֥שֶׂה'O.sehH6213valiantlyחָֽיִל׃Cha.yilH2428.

19Out of Jacobמִֽיַּעֲקֹ֑בmi.ya.'a.KoH3290shall come he that shall have dominionוְיֵ֖רְדְּve.Ye.redH7287,and shall destroyוְהֶֽאֱבִ֥ידve.he.'e.VidH6him that remainethשָׂרִ֖ידsa.RidH8300of the cityמֵעִֽיר׃me.'IrH5892.

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