Numbers 23:24

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Beholde ye people shall ryse vp as a lyonesse and heue vpp hym selfe as a lion and shall not lye downe agayne vntill he haue eaten of the praye and dronke of the bloude of them that are slayne.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֶן־עָם֙ כְּלָבִ֣יא יָק֔וּם וְכַאֲרִ֖י יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א לֹ֤א יִשְׁכַּב֙ עַד־יֹ֣אכַל טֶ֔רֶף וְדַם־חֲלָלִ֖ים יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

hen-ʿām kə-lābîʾ yāqûm wə-ka-ʾărî yitnaśśāʾ lōʾ yiškab ʿad-yōʾkal ṭerep wə-dam-ḥălālîm yišteh

Grammar Details

• *hen*: demonstrative particle - behold
• *ʿām*: common noun, masculine singular - people
• *kə-lābîʾ*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - like a lion
• *yāqûm*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he rises up
• *wə-ka-ʾărî*: waw conjunction + preposition + common noun, masculine singular - and like a lion
• *yitnaśśāʾ*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he lifts himself up
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yiškab*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he lies down
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *yōʾkal*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he devours
• *ṭerep*: common noun, masculine singular - prey
• *wə-dam*: waw conjunction + common noun, masculine singular construct - and blood of
• *ḥălālîm*: common noun, masculine plural - slain
• *yišteh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he drinks

Word Meanings

• *lābîʾ*: lion/young lion/lioness
• *yāqûm*: rises up/stands up/arises
• *ʾărî*: lion/young lion
• *yitnaśśāʾ*: lifts himself up/exalts himself/raises himself
• *yiškab*: lies down/rests/settles
• *yōʾkal*: devours/eats/consumes
• *ṭerep*: prey/torn flesh/food
• *ḥălālîm*: slain/pierced/wounded
• *yišteh*: drinks/consumes

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:9 : 9 Iuda is a lions whelpe. Fro spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye: he layde him downe and couched himselfe as a lion and as a lionesse. Who dare stere him vp?
• Gen 49:27 : 27 Ben Iamin is a raueshynge wolfe. In the mornynge be shall deuoure his praye ad at nyghte he shall deuyde his spoyle.
• Num 24:8-9 : 8 God that broughte him out of Egipte is as the strenght of an vnycorne vnto him and he shall eate the nacions that are his enemies and breake their bones and perse them thorow with his arowes. 9 He couched him selfe and laye doune as a lion and as a lyonesse who shall stere him vp? blessed is he that blesseth the ad cursed is he that curseth the.
• Num 24:17 : 17 I se him but not now I beholde him but not nye. There shall come a starre of Iacob and ryse a cepter of Israel which shall smyte ye coostes of Moab and vndermyne all the childern of Seth.
• Deut 33:20 : 20 And vnto Gad he sayed: blessed is the rowmmaker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion and caught the arme ad also the toppe of the heed
• Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the elders sayde unto me: wepe not: Beholde a lion beinge of the tribe of Iuda the rote of Dauid hath obtayned to open the boke and to lose the vii. seales therof.
• Rev 19:11-21 : 11 And I sawe heven open and beholde a whyte horsse: and he that sat apon him was faythfull and true and in ryghtewesnes dyd iudge and make battayle. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fyre: and on his heed were many crounes: and he had a name written yt noman knewe but him sylfe. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in bloud and and hys name ys called the worde of God. 14 And the warriers which were in heven folowed him apon whyte horsses clothed with whyte and pure raynes: 15 and out of his mouthe went out a sharppe swerde that with yt he shuld smyte the hethen. And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and he trode the wynefatt of fearsnes and wrath of almyghty god. 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written: kynge of kynges and LORde of LORdes. 17 And I sawe an angell stonde in the sunne and he cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge to all the fowles that flye by ye myddes of heve come and gaddre youre selves to gedder vnto the supper of the gret god 18 that ye maye eate the flesshe of kynges and of hye captaynes and the flesshe of myghty men and the flesshe of horsses and of them that sytt on them and the flesshe of all free men and bond men and of small and gret. 19 And I sawe the beste and the kynges of the erth and their warriers gaddred to gedder to make battayle agaynste him that satt on the horsse and agaynst his sowdiers. 20 And the beste was take and with him that falce prophett that wrought myracles before him with which he desceaved the that receaved ye beestes marke and them that worshipped his ymage. These both were cast into a pode of fyre burnyge with brymstone: 21 and ye remnaunte were slayne with ye swearde of him that sat apon the horsse which swearde proceded out of his mouthe and all the foules were fulfilled with their flesshe.