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Numbers 23:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4100 How מה

H5344 אקב

H3808 hath not לא

H6895 shall I curse קבה

H410 whom God אל

H4100 or how ומה

H2194 shall I defy אזעם

H3808 hath not לא

H2194 defied זעם

H3068 whom the LORD יהוה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4100 How

shall

H6895 curse

whom

H410 God

hath

H3808 not

H6895 cursed

H4100 how

shall

H2194 defy

whom

the

H3068 LORD

hath

H3808 not

H2194 defied

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5344

Hebrew: נָקַב

Transliteration: nâqab

Pronunciation: naw-kab'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {appoint} {blaspheme} {bore} {curse} {express} with {holes} {name} {pierce} strike through.

Definition:

to {puncture} literally (to {perforate} with more or less violence) or figuratively (to {specify} {designate } libel)

1. to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint

a. (Qal)

1. to pierce, bore

2. to prick off, designate

b. (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified

2. (Qal) to curse, blaspheme

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906