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Nm. 23:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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mah (Hebrew #4100)
or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
KJV usage: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Pronounce: maw
Origin: or mah {mah}
f shall I curse
naqab (Hebrew #5344)
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
KJV usage: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
Pronounce: naw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
, whom 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
hath not cursed
qabab (Hebrew #6895)
to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words)
KJV usage: X at all, curse.
Pronounce: kaw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
? or how shall I defy
za`am (Hebrew #2194)
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
KJV usage: abhor, abominable, (be) angry, defy, (have) indignation.
Pronounce: zaw-am'
Origin: a primitive root
, whom the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath not defied
za`am (Hebrew #2194)
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
KJV usage: abhor, abominable, (be) angry, defy, (have) indignation.
Pronounce: zaw-am'
Origin: a primitive root
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How shall I curse whom *God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?