And he took up
nasa' (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
his parable
mashal (maw-shawl')
a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb.
and said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Balak
Balaq (baw-lawk')
waster; Balak, a Moabitish king -- Balak.
the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Moab
Mow'ab (mo-awb)
from (her (the mother's) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants -- Moab.
hath brought
nachah (naw-khaw')
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists) -- bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
me from Aram
'Aram (arawm')
the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite -- Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
out of the mountains
harar (haw-rawr')
a mountain -- hill, mount(-ain).
of the east
qedem (keh'-dem)
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
saying Come
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
curse
'arar (aw-rar')
to execrate -- bitterly curse.
me Jacob
Ya`aqob (yah-ak-obe')
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob.
and come
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
defy
za`am (zaw-am')
to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged -- abhor, abominable, (be) angry, defy, (have) indignation.
Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
