Numbers 24:5
Strong's Lexicon
How
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may

beautiful
טֹּ֥בוּ (ṭō·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2895: 1) to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be pleasant, be delightful 1a2) to be glad, be joyful 1a3) to be better 1a4) to be well with, be good for 1a5) to be pleasing 1b) (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly

are your tents,
אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ (’ō·hā·le·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 168: 1) tent 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

O Jacob,
יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob = 'heel holder' or 'supplanter' 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

your dwellings,
מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ (miš·kə·nō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4908: 1) dwelling place, tabernacle 1a) dwelling-place 1b) dwellings

O Israel !
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

Young's Literal Translation
How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.

New American Standard Bible
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!

King James Bible
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, [and] thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel!

New Living Translation
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!

English Standard Version
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!

New American Standard Bible
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!

King James Bible
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.

International Standard Version
Jacob, your tents are so fine, as well as your dwelling places, O Israel!

NET Bible
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!

American Standard Version
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!

English Revised Version
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!

Young's Literal Translation
How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;
















Cross References
Numbers 24:4
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Numbers 24:6
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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:

Numbers 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

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.

Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
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