Numbers 24:9

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

כרע כָּרַע

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כרע

kâraʻ

Definition

to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate; bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3766

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּרַע

verb • Root כרע • Strongs / High • Page 740

To kneel down, sink down, bend, crouch, or bow in various contexts such as drinking, prayer, reverence, defeat, or childbirth; to be overthrown or humbled.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּרַע

verb • Root כרע • Page 330

To bend or let one's self down, usually on the knees. Expresses reverence to a deity (Ps. 95:6), sinking from weakness (Job 4:4), or entire prostration (2 Chr. 7:3). (Verse references: Judg. 7:5, 6; 1 K. 8:54; Is. 45:23).

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔκαμψεν ἐμπεποδοστάτηκάσ προπεσοῦνται συγκάμψασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3766:

ἔκαμψεν 3× (7.7%)

ἐμπεποδοστάτηκάσ 2× (5.7%)

προπεσοῦνται 2× (5.7%)

συγκάμψασ 2× (5.7%)

שכב שָׁכַב

lie down

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שכב

shâkab

Definition

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7901

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁכַב

verb • Root שכב • Strongs / High • Page 1417

I. To bend oneself, to lie down, to lie stiff (of one destroyed), to rest, to sleep, or metaphorically to die/be buried (e.g., שָׁכַב עִם־אֲבוֹתָיו).

שָׁכַב

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1418

Denotes the coming into Sheol. 2. To lie (sexually), commonly spoken of a man lying with a woman, or vice versa, also applied to animals.

שָׁכַב

verb • Root שכב • Strongs / High • Page 1418

II. To pour out. (The sexual meaning of שָׁכַב I. may derive from originally meaning 'to moisten, with semen').

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁכַב

verb • Page 670

1. to lay one's self down, particularly for sleep (Gen. 19:4, 28:11, 1 Sam. 3:5) or in death (1 K. 2:10, 11:43). 2. to lie. Constrained with an accus. of the place, hence those that lie in the grave, Ps. 88:6; she that lieth in thy bosom, Mic. 7:5.

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐκοιμήθη κοιμηθῇ κοιμηθῆναι ἐκάθευδεν κοιμηθήσῃ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7901:

ἐκοιμήθη 52× (22.9%)

κοιμηθῇ 18× (8.9%)

κοιμηθῆναι 10× (4.3%)

ἐκάθευδεν 9× (4.5%)

κοιμηθήσῃ 9× (4.4%)

κοιμώμενοσ 8× (3.6%)

κοιμήθητι 8× (4.0%)

κοιμηθήσεται 7× (3.3%)

ἐκοιμήθησαν 6× (3.1%)

κοιμηθεὶσ 5× (2.5%)

כארי כַּאֲרִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix Derived terms כאשר‎ (ka'ashér) כמו‎ (k'mó) כמות‎ (k'mót) כש־‎ (k'she-)

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

Core value: correspondence, patterning, resonance
כ never asserts identity. It asserts alignment.
- likeness,
- proportionality,
- conformity to a form.
Aonically, כ signals phase-alignment, not comparison.
not “like X in appearance” but “operating according to the same pattern as X.”
This is why prophetic and poetic language leans heavily on כ: it encodes structural analogy across layers, not metaphor.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ארי

ʼărîy

Definition

a lion

Root

or (prolonged) []; from H717 (ארה) (in the sense of violence);

Exhaustive

or (prolonged) [ar-yay']; from ארה (in the sense of violence); a lion; (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H738

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲרִי

noun • Root ארה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 187

only for lions made from metal melted and gilded over by art; also occurs in this meaning for image-work.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כַּאֲשֶׁר

particle / adv. • Root אשר • Page 80

(1.) *according to what, as*; (2.) *as if*; (3.) *because*; (4.) *when*. References include Gen. 7:9, 34:12, Job 10:19, Num. 27:14, Mic. 3:4.

Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0738a:

No stats available

וכלביא וּכְלָביא

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix Derived terms כאשר‎ (ka'ashér) כמו‎ (k'mó) כמות‎ (k'mót) כש־‎ (k'she-)

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

Core value: correspondence, patterning, resonance
כ never asserts identity. It asserts alignment.
- likeness,
- proportionality,
- conformity to a form.
Aonically, כ signals phase-alignment, not comparison.
not “like X in appearance” but “operating according to the same pattern as X.”
This is why prophetic and poetic language leans heavily on כ: it encodes structural analogy across layers, not metaphor.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

לביא

lâbîyʼ

Definition

to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))

Root

or (Ezekiel 19:2) לביא; irregular masculine plural לבאים; irregular feminine plural לבאות; from an unused root meaning; compare H738 (ארי)

Exhaustive

or (Ezekiel 19:2) לביא; irregular masculine plural לבאים; irregular feminine plural לבאות; from an unused root meaning; compare ארי; to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)); (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3833

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לָבִיא

noun / masculine • Root לבא • Strongs / High • Page 765

a lion, properly 'the roaring one'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לְבִיָּא

noun masculine • Page 340

A lion, perhaps a lioness (Gen. 49:9; Num. 24:9; Job 4:11). Used only in poetry.

לְבִיָּא

noun feminine • Page 340

A lioness (for לְבִיָּה), Ezek. 19:2.

לָבִיא

noun masculine / dec. vi. • Page 340

Lions (Ps. 57:5); plur. fem. לְבָאֹות lionesses (Nah. 2:13).

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὡσ σκύμνοσ λέων λέουσιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3833c:

ὡσ 5× (27.1%)

σκύμνοσ 4× (18.7%)

λέων 2× (10.7%)

λέουσιν 2× (10.7%)

מי מִי

who

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מי

mîy

Definition

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

Root

an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מה) is of things,

Exhaustive

an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4310

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִי

pronoun interrogative • Strongs / High • Page 843

Interrogative pronoun: who? what? (of persons, as מַה is of things). It is used in direct and indirect questions, without distinction of gender and number. Main uses include: 1. As a substantive, often in a genitive sense (e.g., whose?). 2. When seeming to refer to things, it still implies a person (e.g., who are the men... of the camp?). 3. Used for emphasis or modification (e.g., who then?). 4. With the meaning of 'how?' or 'what kind?'. 5. Taking a negative turn to mean 'nobody' or 'none'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִי

interrogative pronoun • Page 372

1. Who? (Gen. 24:23; Judg. 21:8). 2. How? (Am. 7:2,5; Ruth 3:16).

Pronoun interrogative

LXX: τίσ τίνι ἐστιν τίνα τίνοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4310:

τίσ 302× (65.2%)

τίνι 27× (5.9%)

ἐστιν 24× (4.2%)

τίνα 23× (4.9%)

τίνοσ 15× (3.3%)

'' 10× (1.9%)

---% 9× (1.6%)

τί 8× (1.7%)

--- 6× (1.3%)

τίνεσ 5× (1.1%)

יקימנו יְקִימֶנּוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קום

qûwm

Definition

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6965

ו

Definition

him, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9033

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קוּם

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1267

To be, to stand in a place, to stand fast, subsist, live, exist, rule (over a kingdom), endure, keep hold, remain, stand up, rise (from falling, kneeling, sitting, or generally), appear (as a witness or hostilely), succeed, prepare, or start up. Also metaphorically to be brought about (a plan, prediction, etc.) or to be firm/decided.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קוּם

verb • Page 583

fut. יָקוּם. 1. to stand or get up, to rise, arise. Gen. 22: 3. Job 1: 20. With redundant dative קוּמִי לָךְ rise up, Cant. 2: 10. 2. to stand, in different relations; to last, endure. Job 15: 29. Amos 7: 2, 5. to continue, construed with לְ to a person, Lev. 25: 30. 3. to prosper, construed with בְּ. Job 22: 28. Is. 8: 10. 4. to come to pass, to be fulfilled, spoken of a prediction. Jer. 44: 28. 5. to be legal, valid; spoken e. g. of testimony, Deut. 19: 15; of a vow, Num. 30: 5 ff. 6. to stand by, assist, Ps. 94: 16. 7. to stand before, resist. Josh. 7: 13. 8. קָמוּ עֵינַיִם the eyes were fixed or set, 1 K. 14: 4. 9. pass. of Pi.

קוּם

verb • Page 584

1. to rise up. (Dan. 3:24). 2. to stand. (Dan. 3:3; 7:17).

Verb Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: ἀνέστη ἀνάστηθι ἀναστὰσ ἀνέστησαν ἀνάστα

LXX Usage Statistics

H6965b:

ἀνέστη 97× (13.4%)

ἀνάστηθι 38× (6.0%)

ἀναστὰσ 35× (5.2%)

ἀνέστησαν 25× (3.4%)

ἀνάστα 17× (2.7%)

ἀνάστητε 17× (2.7%)

ἔστησεν 16× (2.2%)

'' 15× (2.0%)

ἀναστήσω 15× (2.1%)

ἀναστήσονται 10× (1.6%)

מברכיך מְבָרֲכֶיךָ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ברך

bârak

Definition

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1288

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9031

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רֵו

noun masculine • Root ראה • Consonantal / Low • Page 1324

The look, aspect (Aram. m.).

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּרוּךְ

proper name • Page 114

(blessed) proper name, particularly of the friend of Jeremiah to whom he dictated his prophecies. Jer. 32:16; 36:4.

Verb Piel participle active masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: εὐλόγησεν εὐλογητὸσ εὐλογημένοσ εὐλογήσω ηὐλόγησεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1288:

εὐλόγησεν 46× (12.6%)

εὐλογητὸσ 38× (11.2%)

εὐλογημένοσ 18× (5.3%)

εὐλογήσω 18× (5.1%)

ηὐλόγησεν 18× (4.8%)

εὐλογήσει 12× (3.2%)

εὐλογεῖτε 10× (3.0%)

εὐλογῆσαι 10× (2.8%)

εὐλογήσῃ 10× (3.0%)

εὐλογήσαι 9× (2.6%)

ברוך בָרוּךְ

he who is blessed

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ברך

bârak

Definition

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1288

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רֵו

noun masculine • Root ראה • Consonantal / Low • Page 1324

The look, aspect (Aram. m.).

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּרוּךְ

proper name • Page 114

(blessed) proper name, particularly of the friend of Jeremiah to whom he dictated his prophecies. Jer. 32:16; 36:4.

Verb Qal participle passive masculine singular absolute

LXX: εὐλόγησεν εὐλογητὸσ εὐλογημένοσ εὐλογήσω ηὐλόγησεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1288:

εὐλόγησεν 46× (12.6%)

εὐλογητὸσ 38× (11.2%)

εὐλογημένοσ 18× (5.3%)

εὐλογήσω 18× (5.1%)

ηὐλόγησεν 18× (4.8%)

εὐλογήσει 12× (3.2%)

εὐλογεῖτε 10× (3.0%)

εὐλογῆσαι 10× (2.8%)

εὐλογήσῃ 10× (3.0%)

εὐλογήσαι 9× (2.6%)

וארריך וְאֹרְרֶיךָ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ארר

ʼârar

Definition

to execrate

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H779

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9031

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָרַר

verb • Root אר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 194

To curse, to devote to destruction

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָרַר

verb • Page 74

to curse, execrate, construed with an acc. Gen. 12:3. 27:29. Job 3:8. Includes forms Niph. (נָאַר), Pi. (אֵרַר), and Hoph. (מֻאֲרָה).

Conjunction, Verb Qal participle active masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0779:

No stats available

ארור אָרוּר׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ארר

ʼârar

Definition

to execrate

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H779

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָרַר

verb • Root אר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 194

To curse, to devote to destruction

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָרַר

verb • Page 74

to curse, execrate, construed with an acc. Gen. 12:3. 27:29. Job 3:8. Includes forms Niph. (נָאַר), Pi. (אֵרַר), and Hoph. (מֻאֲרָה).

Verb Qal participle passive masculine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0779:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
He bowed; he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness: who shall raise him up? Praised he praising thee, and cursed he cursing thee.

LITV Translation:
He has crouched; he has lain down like a lion, and like a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed is everyone that blesses you, and cursed is everyone that curses you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; Who shall stir him up? They that bless thee are blessed, And they that curse thee are cursed.