Numbers 23:24
Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'This verse in the real world
In what words
- לָבִיאlâbîyʼto roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- טֶרֶףṭerephsomething torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
- אֲרִיʼărîya lion
- שָׁתָהshâthâhto imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁכַבshâkabto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- דָּםdâmblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of
- קוּםqûwmto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.