Numbers 24:8
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. | God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows. | God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | אֵ֚ל | 'el | H0410G | Godאֵל (el) This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G) |
| [is] bringing out it | מוֹצִיא֣וֹ | mo-tzi-'O | H3318H | to come out: comeיָצָא (ya.tsa) : come/go_out/escape 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth |
| from Egypt | מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | mi-mitz-RA-yim | H4714G | Egyptמָצוֹר (ma.tsor) "Matsor", a name for Egypt Another spelling of mits.ra.yim (מִצְרַ֫יִם "Egypt" H4714G) This name means siege, entrenchment |
| like [the] horns of | כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת | ke-to-'a-FOT | H8443 | peakתּוֹעָפָה (to.a.phah) 1) eminence, lofty horns, summit 1a) eminence (of towering horns, peaks, silver) |
| a wild ox | רְאֵ֖ם | re-'EM | H7214 | wild oxרְאֵם (re.em) probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known. |
| it will consume | יֹאכַ֞ל | yo-KHAL | H0398 | to eatאָכַל (a.khal) 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399) |
| nations | גּוֹיִ֣ם | go-YIM | H1471A | nationגּוֹי (goy) 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) |
| opponents its | צָרָ֗יו | tza-RAV | H6862C | enemyצַר (tsar) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor |
| and bones their | וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛ם | ve-'atz-mo-tei-HEM | H6106G | boneעֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) : bone/limb 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self |
| it will break | יְגָרֵ֖ם | ye-ga-REM | H1633B | to break bonesגָּרַם (ga.ram) (Piel) to break bones, gnaw bones, break |
| and arrows its | וְחִצָּ֥יו | ve-chi-TZAV | H2671 | arrowחֵץ (chets) arrow |
| it will wound [them] | יִמְחָֽץ׃ | yim-CHATZ | H4272 | to woundמָחַץ (ma.chats) 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.