Numbers 23:24 Hebrew Word Analysis

0הֶןh2005
1Behold the peopleעָם֙h5971
2as a great lionכְּלָבִ֣יאh3833
3shall rise upיָק֔וּםh6965
4himself as a young lionוְכַֽאֲרִ֖יh738
5and lift upיִתְנַשָּׂ֑אh5375
6לֹ֤אh3808
7he shall not lie downיִשְׁכַּב֙h7901
8עַדh5704
9until he eatיֹ֣אכַלh398
10of the preyטֶ֔רֶףh2964
11the bloodוְדַםh1818
12of the slainחֲלָלִ֖יםh2491
13and drinkיִשְׁתֶּֽה׃h8354

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he shall eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

World English Bible (WEB)

Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, Drink the blood of the slain.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'