Numbers 23:18
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But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:

rise up

Judges 3:20 Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne.

Context
Balaam's Second Oracle
17Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken? 18But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?…
Cross References
Numbers 23:17
Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken?

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

Lexicon
Then Balaam lifted up
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א (way·yiś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

an oracle,
מְשָׁל֖וֹ (mə·šā·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

saying:
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Arise,
ק֤וּם (qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

O Balak,
בָּלָק֙ (bā·lāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king

and listen;
וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (ū·šă·mā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

give
הַאֲזִ֥ינָה (ha·’ă·zî·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 238: To broaden out the ear, to listen

ear to me,
עָדַ֖י (‘ā·ḏay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

O son
בְּנ֥וֹ (bə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Zippor.
צִפֹּֽר׃ (ṣip·pōr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6834: Zippor -- 'bird', father of Balak


Additional Translations
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, you son of Zippor:

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.

Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!
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