Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 24:20 Interlinear

And when he looked Amalek he took up his parable and said was the first of the nations Amalek but his latter for ever end shall be that he perish

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּרְא֙H7200And when he lookedto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3עֲמָלֵ֔קH6002Amalekamalek, a descendant of esau; also his posterity and their country
4וַיִּשָּׂ֥אH5375he took upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
5מְשָׁל֖וֹH4912his parableproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
6וַיֹּאמַ֑רH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
7רֵאשִׁ֤יתH7225was the firstthe first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
8גּוֹיִם֙H1471of the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
9עֲמָלֵ֔קH6002Amalekamalek, a descendant of esau; also his posterity and their country
10וְאַֽחֲרִית֖וֹH319but his latterthe last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
11עֲדֵ֥יH5703for everproperly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e., (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or wit
12אֹבֵֽד׃H8end shall be that he perish(concrete) wretched or (abstract) destruction

Verse Context

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Numbers 24:20 (current)And when he looked Amalek he took up his parable and said was the first of the nations Amalek but his latter for ever end shall be that he perish
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