Numbers 23:10
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
עָפָר
the dust of
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עָפָר
Dust, dry earth. Aphar. The material from which God formed Adam. You are dust and to dust you shall return. But between the dust God breathed His own life into you.
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מִי
who?
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מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
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מוּת
let it die
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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מָנָה
has he counted
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מָנָה
To count, to number, to assign. Manah. God counts what matters. He does not lose track of His creation or of His people.
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מָוֶת
the death of
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מָוֶת
Death. Mavet. The cessation of life. But God holds the keys of death and promised resurrection to all who are in Him.
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כְּמוֹ
like/ his
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כְּמוֹ
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
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יָשָׁר
upright people
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יָשָׁר
straight (literally or figuratively)
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יַעֲקֹב
Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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רֹבַע
the fourth part of
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רֹבַע
a quarter
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