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

And he

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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up his

מָשָׁל

mâshâl

H4912

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

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and

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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בָּלָק

Bâlâq

H1111

Balak, a Moabitish king

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the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of

מוֹאָב

Môwʼâb

H4124

Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants

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hath

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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me from

אֲרָם

ʼĂrâm

H758

Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

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out of the

הַר

har

H2022

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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of the

קָדִים

qâdîym

H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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אָרַר

ʼârar

H779

to execrate

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me

יַעֲקֹב

Yaʻăqôb

H3290

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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and

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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זָעַם

zâʻam

H2194

properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged

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יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Key Terms in This Verse

defy H2194

זָעַם zâʻam

properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged

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Aram H758

אֲרָם ʼĂrâm

Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

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Balak H1111

בָּלָק Bâlâq

Balak, a Moabitish king

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parable H4912

מָשָׁל mâshâl

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

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curse H779

אָרַר ʼârar

to execrate

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east H6921

קָדִים qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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Moab H4124

מוֹאָב Môwʼâb

Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants

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mountains H2022

הַר har

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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Jacob H3290

יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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took H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:4 cross-reference

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.

Numbers 23:18 cross-reference

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Numbers 24:3 cross-reference

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Micah 2:4 cross-reference

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...

Psalm 78:2 cross-reference

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Numbers 24:15 cross-reference

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Numbers 24:23 cross-reference

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Job 29:1 cross-reference

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Matthew 13:35 cross-reference

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.

Mark 12:12 cross-reference

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.

Proverbs 26:2 cross-reference

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

2 Samuel 23:9 cross-reference

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 ...

Job 27:1 cross-reference

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

1 Samuel 17:45 cross-reference

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 ...

Matthew 13:33 cross-reference

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.

Numbers 22:11 cross-reference

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.

Genesis 28:2 cross-reference

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.

Ezekiel 17:2 cross-reference

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Genesis 28:7 cross-reference

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

1 Samuel 17:36 cross-reference

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.

2 Samuel 21:21 cross-reference

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

Habakkuk 2:6 cross-reference

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...

1 Samuel 17:10 cross-reference

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Numbers 22:17 cross-reference

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.

Genesis 10:22 cross-reference

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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