Numbers 24:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַקֵּינִ֔י וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵיתָן֙ מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ וְשִׂ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖לַע קִנֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And wayyarʾ ʾet-the Qênî, and wayyiśśāʾ his məšālô and wayyōʾmar: ʾêṯān your môšāḇêḵā, and śîm in the selaʿ your qinnêḵā.

Grammar Details

*wayyarʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - 'and he saw'
*Qênî*: proper noun with article - 'the Kenite'
*wayyiśśāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - 'and he took up'
*məšālô*: noun ms with 3ms suffix - 'his oracle/proverb'
*wayyōʾmar*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - 'and he said'
*ʾêṯān*: adjective ms - 'enduring/strong'
*môšāḇêḵā*: noun ms with 2ms suffix - 'your dwelling place'
*śîm*: qal passive participle ms - 'placed/set'
*selaʿ*: noun ms with article - 'the rock/cliff'
*qinnêḵā*: noun ms with 2ms suffix - 'your nest'

Word Meanings

*ʾêṯān*: enduring/strong/permanent
*môšāḇêḵā*: your dwelling place/habitation/seat
*śîm*: placed/set/establish
*selaʿ*: rock/cliff/crag
*qinnêḵā*: your nest/dwelling

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 15:19 : 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Judg 1:16 : 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Job 29:18 : 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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