Numbers 23:8
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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לֹא
one whom not
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לֹא
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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קָבַב
he has cursed/ him
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קָבַב
to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words)
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זָעַם
he has denounced
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זָעַם
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
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