Numbers 23:4
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
קָרָה
qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
בִּלְעָם
Bilʻâm
Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
פַּר
par
a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
אַיִל
ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an o...
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרָה qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
Study H7136 →אַיִל ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
Study H352 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →פַּר par
a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
Study H6499 →עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →Cross References
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
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