Numbers 24:9
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
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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בָרַךְ
be blessed
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בָרַךְ
To bless, to kneel. Barak. God blessed creation. He blesses His people. Every blessing flows from His hand.
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שָׁכַב
it lay down
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שָׁכַב
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
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כָּרַע
it crouched
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כָּרַע
to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
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