Numbers 24:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
And Balaamבִלְעָ֜ם
(vil·'am)
1109a: a prophetfrom bala
liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֨א
(vai·yis·sa)
5375: to lift, carry, takea prim. root
up his eyesעֵינָ֗יו
(ei·nav)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
and sawוַיַּרְא֙
(vai·yar·)
7200: to seea prim. root
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
(yis·ra·'el,)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
campingשֹׁכֵ֖ן
(sho·chen)
7931: to settle down, abide, dwella prim. root
tribe by tribe;לִשְׁבָטָ֑יו
(lish·va·tav;)
7626: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribefrom an unused word
and the Spiritר֥וּחַ
(ru·ach)
7307: breath, wind, spiritfrom an unused word
of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃
(e·lo·him.)
430: God, godpl. of eloah
cameוַתְּהִ֥י
(vat·te·hi)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
upon him. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And Balaam
Bil`am  (bil-awm')
not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine -- Balaam, Bileam.
lifted up
nasa'  (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
his eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
and he saw
ra'ah  (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
abiding
shakan  (shaw-kan')
to reside or permanently stay -- abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
in his tents according to their tribes
shebet  (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
and the spirit
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
of God
'elohiym  (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
came upon him
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,

International Standard Version
looked up, and saw Israel encamped in their respective tribal order. Just then, the spirit of God came upon him.

NET Bible
When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
looked up, and saw Israel's camp grouped by tribes. The Spirit of God entered him,

King James 2000 Bible
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in its tents according to its tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
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