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Numbers 24:3

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

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וַיִּשָּׂ֥אvayisaand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…מְשָׁל֖וֹmeshalvobywordמָשָׁלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “byword”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)byword, like, parable, proverb.וַיֹּאמַ֑רvayomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…נְאֻ֤םneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.בִּלְעָם֙bilamBalaamבִּלְעָםnoun, proper name — “Balaam”H1109Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in PalestineBalaam, Bileam.בְּנ֣וֹbenvosonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […בְעֹ֔רveorBeorבְּעוֹרnoun, proper name — “Beor”H1160Beor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of BalaamBeor.וּנְאֻ֥םuneumand saidנְאֻםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.הַגֶּ֖בֶרhageverthe manגֶּבֶרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the man”, the ordinary formH1397properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simplyevery one, man, [idiom] mighty.שְׁתֻ֥םshetumbe openשָׁתַםverb, qal, passive participle, construct — “be open”, a verb used as a describing wordH8365to unveil (figuratively)be open.הָעָֽיִןhaayinthe eye , , -sightעַיִןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the eye , , -sight”, the ordinary formH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eye is opened;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

Young’s Literal Translation

and he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor — And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut —

World English Bible

He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

Darby Translation

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

Douay-Rheims

He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eye is opened;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ, εἶπε, φησὶ Βαλαὰμ υἱοῖς Βεὼρ, φησὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἀληθινῶς ὁρῶν,