Numbers 23:7
Then ... uttered <05375> [he took.]
oracle <04912> [parable.]
The word {mashal,} which as a verb is to rule, have authority, and also to compare, as a noun signifies whatever is expressed in parabolic or figurative language. All these oracular speeches of Balaam are in hemistich metre in the original. They are highly dignified and sublime; and may be considered as immediate poetic productions of the Spirit of God. (ch. 24:2.)
Aram <0758> [Aram.]
<03212> [Come.]
denounce Israel <02194 03478> [defy Israel.]
Deuteronomy 23:4
meet <01697 06923> [Because they met.]
hired <07936> [because they hired.]
