Numbers 22:33
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.”
רֶגֶל
Foot, step, journey. Regel. The priest placed blood on the ear to hear God, the thumb to serve God, the foot to walk with God. The whole person consecrated — from hearing to doing to going.
נָטָה
it had turned aside
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נָטָה
To incline, to stretch out, to bend. Natah. He inclined His ear to me. God bends down to listen. He positions Himself to hear the faintest cry of His people.
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הָרַג
I killed
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הָרַג
To kill, to slay. Harag. Though He slay me yet will I trust Him. Job's faith did not depend on favourable circumstances. It was unconditional.
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חָיָה
I preserved alive
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חָיָה
To live, to revive, to preserve alive. Chayah. He revives my soul. God is in the business of revival. He breathes new life into what is dead.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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עַתָּה
now
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עַתָּה
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
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