Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 24:2 Interlinear

lifted up And Balaam his eyes and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes and the spirit of God

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשָּׂ֨אH5375lifted upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
2בִלְעָ֜םH1109And Balaambilam, a place in palestine
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4עֵינָ֗יוH5869his eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
5וַיַּרְא֙H7200and he sawto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
6אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
8שֹׁכֵ֖ןH7931abidingto reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
9לִשְׁבָטָ֑יוH7626in his tents according to their tribesa scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
10וַתְּהִ֥יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
11עָלָ֖יוH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12ר֥וּחַH7307and the spiritwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
13אֱלֹהִֽים׃H430of Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

Verse Context

Numbers 24:1saw And when Balaam that it pleased the LORD...
Numbers 24:2 (current)lifted up And Balaam his eyes and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes and the spirit of God
Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable and said hath said Balaam the son...

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