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Numbers 24:21 Interlinear

“And he looked on the Kenites and took up his parable and said Strong is thy dwellingplace and thou puttest in a rock thy nest”

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Numbers 24 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיַּרְא֙	H7200	And he looked	to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
2	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3	הַקֵּינִ֔י	H7017	on the Kenites	a kenite or member of the tribe of kajin
4	וַיִּשָּׂ֥א	H5375	and took up	to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
5	מְשָׁל֖וֹ	H4912	his parable	properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
6	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	H559	and said	to say (used with great latitude)
7	אֵיתָן֙	H386	Strong	permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
8	מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ	H4186	is thy dwellingplace	a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
9	וְשִׂ֥ים	H7760	and thou puttest	to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
10	בַּסֶּ֖לַע	H5553	in a rock	a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
11	קִנֶּֽךָ׃	H7064	thy nest	a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling

Numbers 24:21 (current)And he looked on the Kenites and took up his parable and said Strong is thy dwellingplace and thou puttest in a rock thy nest