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Numbers 24:2-9

2AndBalaamבִלְעָ֜םvil.'AmH1109liftedupוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375hiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869, and hesawוַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'H7200Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478abidingשֹׁכֵ֖ןsho.KhenH7931in his tents according to theirtribesלִשְׁבָטָ֑יוlish.va.TavH7626; and thespiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430came upon him.

3And he tookupוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375hisparableמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109thesonבְּנ֣וֹbe.NoH1121ofBeorבְעֹ֔רve.'OrH1160hathsaidנְאֻ֤םne.'UmH5002, and themanהַגֶּ֖בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whoseeyesהָעָֽיִן׃ha.'A.yinH5869areopenשְׁתֻ֥םshe.TumH8365hathsaidוּנְאֻ֥םu.ne.'UmH5002:

4He hathsaidנְאֻ֕םne.'UmH5002, whoheardשֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'H8085thewordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410, whosawיֶֽחֱזֶ֔הye.che.ZehH2372thevisionמַחֲזֵ֤הma.cha.ZehH4236of theAlmightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706,fallingנֹפֵ֖לno.FelH5307into a trance, but having hiseyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869openוּגְל֥וּיu.ge.LuiH1540:

5Howgoodlyטֹּ֥בוּTouH2895are thytentsאֹהָלֶ֖יךָ'o.ha.Lei.khaH168, OJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, and thytabernaclesמִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָmish.ke.no.Tei.khaH4908, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!

6As thevalleysכִּנְחָלִ֣יםkin.cha.LimH5158are they spreadforthנִטָּ֔יוּni.Ta.yuH5186, asgardensכְּגַנֹּ֖תke.ga.NotH1593by the river’ssideנָהָ֑רna.HarH5104, as the trees of lignaloesכַּאֲהָלִים֙ka.'a.ha.LimH174which theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathplantedנָטַ֣עna.Ta'H5193, and as cedartreesכַּאֲרָזִ֖יםka.'a.ra.ZimH730beside thewatersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

7He shallpourH5140thewaterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325outH5140of hisbucketsמִדָּ֣לְיָ֔וmi.Dal.YavH1805, and hisseedוְזַרְע֖וֹve.zar.'OH2233shall be inmanyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227watersבְּמַ֣יִםbe.Ma.yimH4325, and hiskingמַלְכּ֔וֹmal.KoH4428shall behigherוְיָרֹ֤םve.ya.RomH7311thanAgagמֵֽאֲגַג֙me.'a.GagH90, and hiskingdomמַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃mal.khu.ToH4438shall beexaltedוְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖אve.tin.na.Se'H5375.

8Godאֵ֚ל'elH410brought himforthמוֹצִיא֣וֹmo.tzi.'OH3318fromEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714; he hath as it were thestrengthכְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥תke.to.'a.FotH8443of anunicornרְאֵ֖םre.'EmH7214: he shall eatupיֹאכַ֞לyo.KhalH398thenationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471hisenemiesצָרָ֗יוtza.RavH6862, and shallbreakיְגָרֵ֖םye.ga.RemH1633theirbonesוְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛םve.'atz.mo.tei.HemH6106, andpierceיִמְחָֽץ׃yim.ChatzH4272them through with hisarrowsוְחִצָּ֥יוve.chi.TzavH2671.

9Hecrouchedכָּרַ֨עka.Ra'H3766, he laydownשָׁכַ֧בsha.KhavH7901as alionכַּאֲרִ֛יka.'a.RiH738, and as a greatlionוּכְלָבִ֖יאu.khe.la.Vi'H3833: who shall rousehimיְקִימֶ֑נּוּye.ki.Me.nuH6965?Blessedמְבָרֲכֶ֣יךָme.va.ra.Khei.khaH1288is he thatblessethבָר֔וּךְva.RukhH1288thee, andcursedוְאֹרְרֶ֖יךָve.'o.re.Rei.khaH779is he thatcursethאָרֽוּר׃'a.RurH779thee.

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