Numbers 24:17

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃

Transliteration

I ʾerʾennû and not now, I ʾăšûrennû and not qārôḇ; dāraḵ kôḵāḇ from Yaʿăqōḇ, and qām šēḇeṭ from Yiśrāʾēl, and māḥaṣ paʾăṯê Môʾāḇ, and qarqar all-sons of-šēṯ.

Grammar Details

• *ʾerʾennû*: qal imperfect 1cs with 3ms suffix - 'I will see him'
• *ʾăšûrennû*: qal imperfect 1cs with 3ms suffix - 'I will behold him'
• *qārôḇ*: adjective ms - 'near'
• *dāraḵ*: qal perfect 3ms - 'he proceeded/stepped forth'
• *kôḵāḇ*: noun ms - 'star'
• *Yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun - 'Jacob'
• *qām*: qal perfect 3ms - 'he arose'
• *šēḇeṭ*: noun ms - 'scepter/tribe/rod'
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *māḥaṣ*: qal perfect 3ms - 'he smote/crushed'
• *paʾăṯê*: noun dual construct - 'sides/corners of'
• *Môʾāḇ*: proper noun - 'Moab'
• *qarqar*: pilpel perfect 3ms - 'he tore down/demolished'
• *šēṯ*: proper noun - 'Seth/Sheth'

Word Meanings

• *ʾăšûrennû*: I will behold him/look at him/regard him
• *dāraḵ*: proceeded/stepped forth/tread
• *šēḇeṭ*: scepter/tribe/rod/staff
• *māḥaṣ*: smote/crushed/strike through
• *paʾăṯê*: sides/corners/temples
• *qarqar*: tear down/demolish/destroy
• *šēṯ*: Seth/Sheth/tumult

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not departe from Iuda nor a ruelar from betwene his legges vntill Silo come vnto whome the people shall herken.
• Rev 22:16 : 16 I Iesus sent myne angell to testyfye vnto you these thynges in the congregacions. I am the rote and the generacion of David and the bright mornynge starre.
• Rev 1:7 : 7 Beholde he commeth with cloudes and all eyes shall se him: and they also which peersed him. And all kinredes of ye erth shall wayle. Even so. Amen.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angell blewe and therwere made great voyces in heve sayinge: the kyngdoms of this worlde are oure LORdes and his christes and he shall raygne for ever more.
• Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He shalbe greate and shalbe called the sonne of the hyest. And ye LORde God shall geve vnto him the seate of his father David 33 and he shall raygne over ye housse of Iacob forever and of his kyngdome shalbe none ende.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a right sure worde of prophesye wher vnto yf ye take hede as vnto a lyght yt shyneth in a darke place ye do wel vntill the daye dawne and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes.
• Heb 1:8 : 8 But vnto the sonne he sayth: God thy seate shalbe forever and ever. The cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter.
• Luke 1:78 : 78 Through the tender mercy of oure God wherby the daye springe from an hye hath visited vs.
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Wo be vnto them for they have folowed ye waye of Cayn and are vtterly geven to the erroure of Balam for lukers sake and perysshe in the treason of Core.
• Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied before of suche saying: Beholde ye LORde shall come with thousandes of sayntes 15 to geve iudgement agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge them of all their vngodly dedes which they have vngodly comitted and of all their cruell speakynges which vngodly sinners have spoken agaynst him.
• Num 21:29 : 29 Wo be to the Moab: o people of Chemos ye are forloren. His sonnes are put to flighte and his doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon kinge of the Amorites.
• Matt 2:2-9 : 2 saynge: Where is he yt is borne kynge of ye Iues? We have sene his starre in ye eest and are come to worship him. 3 When Herode ye kynge had herde thys he was troubled and all Ierusalem with hym 4 and he gathered all ye chefe Prestes and Scribes of the people and axed of them where Christ shulde be borne. 5 And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethlee in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet. 6 And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest concernynge the Princes of Iuda. For out of the shall come the captayne that shall govern my people Israhel. 7 Then Herod prevely called the wyse men and dyligetly enquyred of them ye tyme of the starre that appered 8 and sent the to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dyligetly for ye chylde. And when ye have founde hym bringe me worde yt I maye come and worshippe hym also. 9 When they had heard the kynge they departed: and lo the starre which they sawe in ye eeste went before them tyll it came and stode over the place where the chylde was.
• Gen 4:25-26 : 25 Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne and she bare a sonne ad called hys name Seth For god (sayd she) hath geven me a nother sonne For Abell whom Cain slewe. 26 And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name Enos. And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde.
• Gen 5:3-9 : 3 And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude: and called hys name Seth. 4 And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 5 and all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were.ix. hundred and.xxx. yere and then he dyed. 6 And Seth lyved an hundred and.v. yeres and begat Enos. 7 And after he had begot Enos he lyved.viij. hundred and.vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 8 And all the dayes of Seth were.ix. hundred and.xij. yere and dyed. 9 And Enos lyved.lxxxx. yere and begat kenan. 10 And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij. hundred and.xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters: 11 and all the dayes of Enos were.ix hundred and.v. yere and than he dyed. 12 And kenan lyued.lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel. 13 And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved.viij. hundred and.xl. yere and begat sonnes and doughters: 14 and al the dayes of kenan were.ix. hundred and.x. yere and than he dyed. 15 And Mahalaliel lyued.lxv. yere and begat Iared. 16 And Mahalaliel after he had begot Iared lyved.viij. hundred and.xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters: 17 and all the dayes of Mahalalyell were.viij. hundred nynetye and.v. yeare and than he dyed 18 And Iared lyved an hundred and.lxij. yere and begat Henoch: 19 and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch.viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 20 And all the dayes of Iared were.ix. hundred and.lxij. yere and than he dyed. 21 And Henoch lyved.lxv. yere ad begat Mathusala. 22 And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala.iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 23 And all the dayes of Henoch were.iij. hundred and.lxv. yere. 24 and than Henoch lyved a godly lyfe and was nomore sene for God toke hym away. 25 And Mathusala lyved an hundred and lxxxvij. yere and begat Lamech: 26 and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved.vij. hundred and.lxxxij. yere ad begat sonnes and doughters. 27 And all the dayes of Methusala were.ix. hundred.lxix yere and than he dyed. 28 And Lamech lyved an hundred.lxxxij. yere and begat a so 29 and called hym Noe sayng. This same shall comforte vs: as concernynge oure worke and sorowe of oure handes which we haue aboute the erthe that the LORde hath cursed.