Numbers 24:9
He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee is blessed, And he who is cursing thee is cursed.'This verse in the real world
In what words
- לָבִיאlâbîyʼto roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- כָּרַעkâraʻto bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
- אָרַרʼârarto execrate
- אֲרִיʼărîya lion
- שָׁכַבshâkabto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- בָרַךְbârakto kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a
- קוּםqûwmto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.