Numbers 23:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֤אשׁ צֻרִים֙ אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ הֶן־עָם֙ לְבָדָ֣ד יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃

Transliteration

kî-mē-rōʾš ṣurîm ʾerʾennû û-mi-gəbāʿôt ʾăšûrennû hen-ʿām lə-bādād yiškōn û-ba-gôyim lōʾ yitḥaššāb

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for
*mē-rōʾš*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular construct - from top of
*ṣurîm*: common noun, masculine plural - rocks
*ʾerʾennû*: qal imperfect, 1st singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I see him
*û-mi-gəbāʿôt*: waw conjunction + preposition + common noun, feminine plural - and from hills
*ʾăšûrennû*: qal imperfect, 1st singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I behold him
*hen*: interjection - behold
*ʿām*: common noun, masculine singular - people
*lə-bādād*: preposition + adverb - alone
*yiškōn*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he dwells
*û-ba-gôyim*: waw conjunction + preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine plural - and among the nations
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yitḥaššāb*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reckons himself

Word Meanings

*rōʾš*: top/summit/head
*ṣurîm*: rocks/cliffs
*ʾerʾennû*: I see him/I observe him
*gəbāʿôt*: hills/heights
*ʾăšûrennû*: I behold him/I observe him/I watch him
*bādād*: alone/in isolation/separated
*yiškōn*: dwells/resides/settles
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*yitḥaššāb*: reckons himself/counts himself/considers himself

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Referenced Verses

Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Deut 32:8 : 8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Deut 33:28 : 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
Ezra 9:2 : 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Esth 3:8 : 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Jer 46:28 : 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Amos 9:9 : 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Eph 2:12-14 : 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

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