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Num. 22:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
now therefore, I pray thee, curse
'arar (Hebrew #779)
to execrate
KJV usage: X bitterly curse.
Pronounce: aw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
b me this people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
; for they are too mighty
`atsuwm (Hebrew #6099)
passive participle of 6105; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
KJV usage: + feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.
Pronounce: aw-tsoom'
Origin: or matsum {aw-tsoom'}
for me: peradventure I shall prevail
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
, that we may smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
them, and that I may drive them out
garash (Hebrew #1644)
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
KJV usage: cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
Pronounce: gaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: for I wot
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
that he whom thou blessest
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
is blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
, and he whom thou cursest
'arar (Hebrew #779)
to execrate
KJV usage: X bitterly curse.
Pronounce: aw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
is cursed
'arar (Hebrew #779)
to execrate
KJV usage: X bitterly curse.
Pronounce: aw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Num. 23:7• 7{i}And he took up his parable, and said,{HR}Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram,{HR}From the mountains of the east:{HR}{/i}Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. (Num. 23:7)

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curse me.
Num. 23:7‑8• 7{i}And he took up his parable, and said,{HR}Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram,{HR}From the mountains of the east:{HR}{/i}Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
 8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?{HR}Or how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? (Num. 23:7‑8)
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Num. 24:9• 9{i}He stooped, he lay down like a lion,{HR}And like a lioness: who will stir him up?{HR}Blessed is he that blesseth thee,{HR}And cursed is he that curseth thee.{/i} (Num. 24:9)
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Gen. 12:3• 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 12:3)
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Gen. 27:29• 29Let peoples serve thee and races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed [be] every one that curseth thee, and blessed every one that blesseth thee. (Gen. 27:29)
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Deut. 23:4• 4because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, {i}and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.{/i} (Deut. 23:4)
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Josh. 24:9• 9{i}And Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;{/i} (Josh. 24:9)
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1 Sam. 17:43• 43And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. (1 Sam. 17:43)
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Neh. 13:2• 2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, {i}and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but our God turned the curse into blessing{/i}. (Neh. 13:2)
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Psa. 109:17‑18• 17And he loved cursing; for (and) it came to him:{HR}And he delighted not in blessing:{HR}So it was far from him.
 18And he put on cursing as his garment,{HR}And it came like the water into his midst,{HR}And like the oil into his bones. (Psa. 109:17‑18)
I wot.
1 Kings 22:6,8,13• 6{i}And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king's hand.{/i}
 8{i}And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.{/i}
 13{i}And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak good.{/i} (1 Kings 22:6,8,13)
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Psa. 109:28• 28Let {i}them{/i} curse, and bless {i}thou:{HR}{/i}They have risen up and shall be ashamed,{HR}And thy servant be glad. (Psa. 109:28)
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Prov. 26:2• 2As the sparrow in wandering,{HR}As the swallow in flying,{HR}So a curse causeless cometh not. (Prov. 26:2)
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Isa. 47:12‑13• 12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest terrify.
 13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [the things] that shall come upon thee. (Isa. 47:12‑13)
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Ezek. 13:6• 6They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying Jehovah saith: and Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. (Ezek. 13:6)
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Acts 8:9‑10• 9But a certain man, Simon by name, was before in the city practicing magic and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one:
 10to whom they all gave heed from small to great, saying, He is the power of God that is called Great. (Acts 8:9‑10)
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Acts 16:16• 16And it came to pass as we were going unto prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much gain by divinations. (Acts 16:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

W. Kelly Translation

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And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)