Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Numbers.23.18", "source": "וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר ק֤וּם בָּלָק֙ וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע הַאֲזִ֥ינָה עָדַ֖י בְּנ֥וֹ צִפֹּֽר׃", "text": "*wə-yiśśāʾ* *məšālô* *wə-yōʾmar* *qûm* *bālāq* *û-šămāʿ* *haʾăzînâ* *ʿāday* *bənô* *ṣippōr*", "grammar": { "*wə-yiśśāʾ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took up", "*məšālô*": "common noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his parable", "*wə-yōʾmar*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*qûm*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - arise", "*bālāq*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Balak", "*û-šămāʿ*": "waw conjunction + qal imperative, masculine singular - and hear", "*haʾăzînâ*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular + paragogic he - give ear", "*ʿāday*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - to me", "*bənô*": "common noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - son of", "*ṣippōr*": "proper noun - Zippor" }, "variants": { "*yiśśāʾ*": "took up/lifted up/uttered", "*məšālô*": "his parable/his oracle/his proverb", "*qûm*": "arise/stand up/get up", "*šămāʿ*": "hear/listen/obey", "*haʾăzînâ*": "give ear/listen attentively/pay attention", "*ʿāday*": "to me/unto me", "*bənô*": "son of/descendant of" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 3:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Judges.3.20", "source": "וְאֵה֣וּד ׀ בָּ֣א אֵלָ֗יו וְהֽוּא־יֹ֠שֵׁב בַּעֲלִיַּ֨ת הַמְּקֵרָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵה֔וּד דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִ֥ים לִ֖י אֵלֶ֑יךָ וַיָּ֖קָם מֵעַ֥ל הַכִּסֵּֽא׃", "text": "And-*ʾēhûd* *bāʾ* unto-him and-he-*yōšēb* in-*ʿăliyyat* the-*mĕqērāh* which-to-him *lĕbaddô* and-*wayyōʾmer* *ʾēhûd* word-of-*ʾĕlōhîm* to-me unto-you and-*wayyāqom* from-upon the-*kissēʾ*.", "grammar": { "*wĕ-ʾēhûd*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Ehud", "*bāʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he came", "*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*wĕ-hûʾ*": "conjunction + pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and he", "*yōšēb*": "qal participle, masculine singular - sitting", "*ba-ʿăliyyat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in upper chamber of", "*ha-mĕqērāh*": "definite noun, feminine singular - the cooling", "*ʾăšer-lô*": "relative pronoun + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - which to him", "*lĕbaddô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by himself", "*wa-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾēhûd*": "proper noun - Ehud", "*dĕbar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - word of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st common singular suffix - to me", "*ʾēleykā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you", "*wa-yāqom*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he arose", "*mē-ʿal*": "preposition + preposition - from upon", "*ha-kissēʾ*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the chair/throne" }, "variants": { "*bāʾ*": "came/entered/approached", "*yōšēb*": "sitting/dwelling/residing", "*ʿăliyyat ha-mĕqērāh*": "upper cool chamber/roof chamber for cooling", "*lĕbaddô*": "alone/by himself", "*dĕbar-ʾĕlōhîm*": "word of God/divine message", "*wayyāqom*": "and he arose/stood up/got up", "*kissēʾ*": "chair/throne/seat" } }