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Chapter 24
Verse 15
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Numbers 24

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15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

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Word Entries 54
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נְאֻ֤ם בִּלְעָם֙ בְּנ֣וֹ בְעֹ֔ר וּנְאֻ֥ם הַגֶּ֖בֶר שְׁתֻ֥ם הָעָֽיִן׃

11 word entries
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א
Lemma
c/5375
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5375
Occurrences
217
מְשָׁל֖וֹ
Lemma
4912
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4912
Occurrences
23
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
נְאֻ֤ם
Lemma
5002
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5002
Occurrences
373
בִּלְעָם֙
Lemma
1109 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1109
Occurrences
55
בְּנ֣וֹ
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
בְעֹ֔ר
Lemma
1160
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1160
Occurrences
10
וּנְאֻ֥ם
Lemma
c/5002
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5002
Occurrences
3
הַגֶּ֖בֶר
Lemma
d/1397
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1397
Occurrences
18
שְׁתֻ֥ם
Lemma
8365
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle passive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8365
Occurrences
2
הָעָֽיִן
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
2
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ, εἶπε,

6 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ἀναλαβὼν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
analabon
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀναλαβὼν
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
17
τὴν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
παραβολὴν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
parabolen
Morphology
accusative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
21
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
εἶπε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eipe
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר אֵימַר בִּלְעָם בְּרֵיהּ בְעוֹר וְאֵימַר גַבְרָא דְשַׁפִּיר חָזֵי

11 word entries
וּנְטַל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נטל
Transliteration
wntl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
31
מַתְלֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtlyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
7
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
אֵימַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ymr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
18
בִּלְעָם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לעם
Transliteration
bl'm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
55
בְּרֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ריה
Transliteration
bryh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
בְעוֹר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עור
Transliteration
b'wr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
8
וְאֵימַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'ymr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
18
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
124
דְשַׁפִּיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dshpyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
חָזֵי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
חזי
Transliteration
chzy
Morphology
verbal root חזי
Gloss
saw, looked
Occurrences
44
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܐܪܝܡ ܒܡܬܠܗ ܘܐܡܪ. ܐܡܪ ܒܠܥܡ ܒܪܗ ܕܒܥܘܪ. ܐܡܪ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܓܠܝܐ ܥܝܢܗ.

11 word entries
ܘܐܪܝܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'rym
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
39
ܒܡܬܠܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bmtlh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
7
ܘܐܡܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1697
ܐܡܪ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
1127
ܒܠܥܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bl'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
38
ܒܪܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܪܗ
Transliteration
brh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
289
ܕܒܥܘܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
db'wr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܐܡܪ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
1127
ܓܒܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܕܓܠܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dgly'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܥܝܢܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ynh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
8
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Sumpta igitur parabola, rursum ait: [Dixit Balaam filius Beor: dixit homo, cujus obturatus est oculus:

15 word entries
sumpta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sumo
Transliteration
sumpta
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
141
igitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
igitur
Transliteration
igitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
420
parabola
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
parabola
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
77
rursum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rursus
Transliteration
rursum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
143
ait
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aio
Transliteration
ait
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1222
dixit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
Balaam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Baalam
Transliteration
Balaam
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
43
filius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filius
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
Beor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Beor
Transliteration
Beor
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
10
dixit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
homo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
homo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
cuius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
cuius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
obturatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
obturo
Transliteration
obturatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
oculus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oculus
Transliteration
oculus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
682

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Numbers 23:7

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

3 relevance votes

Matthew 13:35

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

2 relevance votes

Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

2 relevance votes

Job 27:1

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 relevance votes
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