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Numbers 24:2-9

2AndBalaamבִלְעָ֜םvil.'AmH1109liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375upH5375hiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869, and hesawוַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'H7200Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dwellingשֹׁכֵ֖ןsho.KhenH7931accordingH5921to theirtribesלִשְׁבָטָ֑יוlish.va.TavH7626; and thespiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430cameוַתְּהִ֥יva.te.HiH1961uponH5921him.

3And hetookH5375upH5375hisparableמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109thesonבְּנ֣וֹbe.NoH1121ofBeorבְעֹ֔רve.'OrH1160saith, And themanהַגֶּ֖בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whoseH1121eyeהָעָֽיִן׃ha.'A.yinH5869was closed saith:

4He saith,whichH834heareth thewordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410,WhichH834seeth thevisionמַחֲזֵ֤הma.cha.ZehH4236of theAlmightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706,FallingH5307downנֹפֵ֖לno.FelH5307, and having hiseyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869openוּגְל֥וּיu.ge.LuiH1540:

5Howמַה־mah-H4100goodly are thytentsאֹהָלֶ֖יךָ'o.ha.Lei.khaH168, OJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, Thy tabernacles, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!

6Asvalleysכִּנְחָלִ֣יםkin.cha.LimH5158are theyspreadנִטָּ֔יוּni.Ta.yuH5186forth, Asgardensכְּגַנֹּ֖תke.ga.NotH1593by theriverנָהָ֑רna.HarH5104side, As lign-aloeswhichH4325theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathplantedנָטַ֣עna.Ta'H5193, Ascedarכַּאֲרָזִ֖יםka.'a.ra.ZimH730treesbesideH5921thewatersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

7Waterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325shallflowיִֽזַּל־yi.zal-H5140from hisbucketsמִדָּ֣לְיָ֔וmi.Dal.YavH1805, And hisseedוְזַרְע֖וֹve.zar.'OH2233shall be inmanyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227watersבְּמַ֣יִםbe.Ma.yimH4325, And hiskingמַלְכּ֔וֹmal.KoH4428shall behigherוְיָרֹ֤םve.ya.RomH7311thanH4428Agagמֵֽאֲגַג֙me.'a.GagH90, And hiskingdomמַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃mal.khu.ToH4438shall beexaltedH7311.

8Godאֵ֚ל'elH410bringeth himforthH3318outH3318ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714; He hath as it were thestrengthH6106of the wild-ox: He shalleatH398upH398thenationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471his adversaries, And shall break theirbonesH6106in pieces, And smite themthroughיִמְחָֽץ׃yim.ChatzH4272with hisarrowsוְחִצָּ֥יוve.chi.TzavH2671.

9He couched, helayH7901downשָׁכַ֧בsha.KhavH7901as alionכַּאֲרִ֛יka.'a.RiH738, And as alionessוּכְלָבִ֖יאu.khe.la.Vi'H3833; who shallrouseH6965himupH6965?BlessedH1288be every one that blesseth thee, AndcursedH779be every one that curseth thee.

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