What Does Numbers 22:11 Mean?

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“Behold there is a people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“come out”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

“of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“which covereth”

properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the face”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“of the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“now curse”

to scoop out, i.e., (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e., stab with words)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

if not; hence perhaps

“me them peradventure I shall be able”

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

“to overcome”

to feed on; figuratively, to consume

“them and drive them out”

to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce