New American Standard Bible 1995

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He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened;

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
He took to lift, carry, take Verb H5375 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai·yis·sa
up his discourse a proverb, parable Noun H4912 מְשָׁלֹ֖ו me·sha·lov
and said, to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר vai·yo·mar;
"The oracle utterance Noun H5002 נְאֻ֤ם ne·'um
of Balaam a prophet Noun H1109 בִּלְעָם֙ bil·'am
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the son son Noun H1121 בְּנֹ֣ו be·nov
of Beor, "a burning," father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam Noun H1160 בְעֹ֔ר ve·'or,
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And the oracle utterance Noun H5002 וּנְאֻ֥ם u·ne·'um
of the man man Noun H1397 הַגֶּ֖בֶר hag·ge·ver
whose eye an eye Noun H5869 הָעָֽיִן׃ ha·'a·yin.
is opened; open Verb H8365 שְׁתֻ֥ם she·tum

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Balaam

Balaam [N] [H] [S] lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites ( Numbers 31:8 ; Compare 16). He resided at Pethor ( Deuteronomy 23:4 ), in Mesopotamia ( Numbers 23:7 ). It is evident that though dwelling among idolaters he had some knowledge of the true God; and was held in such reputation that it was supposed that he whom he... View Details

Beor

|a burning,| father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam

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New American Standard Bible 1995 He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened;
King James Bible He And he took up his discourse parable, and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of Beor hath said, and the man whose eye is opened;eyes are open hath said:
Hebrew Greek English He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened;