Numbers 24:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

Young's Literal Translation
And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: ‘Enduring [is] thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,

King James Bible
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Hebrew
Next he saw
וַיַּרְא֙ (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

the Kenites
הַקֵּינִ֔י (haq·qê·nî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7017: Kenite -- members of the tribe of Kenites

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

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

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

“Your dwelling place
מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ (mō·wō·šā·ḇe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4186: A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers

is secure,
אֵיתָן֙ (’ê·ṯān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 386: Perennial, ever-flowing, permanence

and your nest
קִנֶּֽךָ׃ (qin·ne·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7064: A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling

is set
וְשִׂ֥ים (wə·śîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

in a cliff.
בַּסֶּ֖לַע (bas·se·la‘)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5553: A craggy rock

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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