Numbers 23:7
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מָשָׁל
mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֲרָם
ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
קָדִים
qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
זָעַם
zâʻam
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲרָם ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
Study H758 →מָשָׁל mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Study H4912 →קָדִים qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Study H6921 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →Cross References
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! tu...
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were ...
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou ...
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick cl...
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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