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Numbers 24

Num. 24:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He hath said
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
, which heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
of God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
, which saw
chazah (Hebrew #2372)
to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
KJV usage: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
Pronounce: khaw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the vision
machazeh (Hebrew #4236)
a vision
KJV usage: vision.
Pronounce: makh-az-eh'
Origin: from 2372
of the Almighty
Shadday (Hebrew #7706)
the Almighty
KJV usage: Almighty.
Pronounce: shad-dah'-ee
Origin: from 7703
, falling
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
into a trance, but having his eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
open
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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Almighty,
God,
Trance,
Visions

Cross References

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saw.
Num. 12:6• 6And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)
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Gen. 15:12• 12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a horror of great darkness fell upon him. (Gen. 15:12)
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Psa. 89:19• 19Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One,{HR}And saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one,{HR}I have exalted one chosen from the people. (Psa. 89:19)
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Dan. 8:26‑27• 26And the vision of the evening and the morning which hath been told is true; but close thou up the vision, for it is for many days to come.
 27And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days: then I rose up, and did the king's business. And I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. (Dan. 8:26‑27)
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Acts 10:10,19• 10and he became hungry and desired to eat; and while they made ready, a trance came over him,
 19Now while Peter was pondering over the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee, (Acts 10:10,19)
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Acts 22:17• 17And it came to pass that when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, (Acts 22:17)
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2 Cor. 12:1‑4• 1I must needs boast; though it be not profitable, yet I will come unto visions and revelations of [the] Lord.
 2I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not: God knoweth), such an one caught up to the third heaven.
 3And I know such a man (whether in the body or without the body, I know not: God knoweth),
 4how that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which [it is] not lawful for a man to utter. (2 Cor. 12:1‑4)
falling.
Num. 22:31• 31Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed and prostrated himself on his face. (Num. 22:31)
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1 Sam. 19:24• 24And he himself also stripped off his clothes, and prophesied, himself also, before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? (1 Sam. 19:24)
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Ezek. 1:28• 28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke. (Ezek. 1:28)
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Dan. 8:17‑18• 17And he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was afraid, and fell on my face; and he said unto me, Understand, O son of man; for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
 18Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep stupor, with my face toward the ground. And he touched me, and set me up where I had stood. (Dan. 8:17‑18)
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Dan. 10:15‑16• 15And as he was speaking with me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
 16And behold, one after the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; and I opened my mouth and spoke, and said unto him that stood before me, My lord, by reason of the vision my pains are turned upon me, and I retain no strength. (Dan. 10:15‑16)
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Rev. 1:10,17• 10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet,
 17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, (Rev. 1:10,17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He saithb, who heareth the words of *God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, who falleth down, and who hath his eyes open:

JND Translation Notes

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See Gen. 22.16.

W. Kelly Translation

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He hath said, which heard the words of God,{HR}Which saw the vision of the Almighty,{HR}Falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: