Numbers 24:5 Go deeper

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! (KJV)

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מַה\־mah-how!

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Numbers 24:5 word 1

טֹּ֥בוּTouthey are good

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2895

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: be pleasing

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2895; TAHOT Numbers 24:5 word 2

אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ'o.ha.Lei.khatents your

Lemma: אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) · Strong's: H0168G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: tent

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0168G; TAHOT Numbers 24:5 word 3

יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoO Jacob

Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Jacob

Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Numbers 24:5 word 4

מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָmish.ke.no.Tei.khadwelling places your

Lemma: מִשְׁכָּן (mish.kan) · Strong's: H4908

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: tabernacle

Used 139 times. Also: Exodus 25:9, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:6, Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 26:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4908; TAHOT Numbers 24:5 word 5

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElO Israel

Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Israel

Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Numbers 24:5 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

How	→	מָה H4100 what?
lovely are	→	טוֹב H2895 be pleasing
your tents	→	אֹ֫הֶל H0168G tent
O Jacob	→	יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob
your dwellings	→	מִשְׁכָּן H4908 tabernacle
O Israel	→	יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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