King James Version

Numbers 24:7

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

יִֽזַּלyizaldistilנָזַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “distil”, an unfinished actionH5140to drip, or shed by tricklingdistil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.מַ֨יִם֙mayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מִדָּ֣לְיָ֔וmidaleyavfrom bucketדְּלִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from bucket”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1805a pail or jar (for drawing water)bucket.וְזַרְע֖וֹvezarvoand seedזֶרַעconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.בְּמַ֣יִםbemayimin waterמַיִםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).רַבִּ֑יםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…וְיָרֹ֤םveyaromand highרוּםconjunction, verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and high”, a wish or indirect commandH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…מֵֽאֲגַג֙meagagfrom Agagאֲגַגpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Agag”H90Agag, a title of Amalekitish kingsAgag.מַלְכּ֔וֹmalkvokingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.וְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖אvetinaseand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to 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…מַלְכֻתֽוֹmalkhutvoempireמַלְכוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “empire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4438a rule; concretely, a dominionempire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Water shall flow from his branches, and his seed shall be in many waters; and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

Young’s Literal Translation

He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed [is] in many waters; And higher than Agag [is] his king, And exalted is his kingdom.

World English Bible

Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.

Darby Translation

Water shall flow out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in great waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

Douay-Rheims

Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken awry.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Water shall flow from his branches, and his seed shall be in many waters; and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξελεύσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ κυριεύσει ἐθνῶν πολλῶν· καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ἡ Γὼγ βασιλεία, καὶ αὐξηθήσεται βασιλεία αὐτοῦ.