How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Iacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Iſrael!
אֹהֶל , masculine noun, ʾohel — a tent (value 36)
H168,
אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.tent
nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience
dwelling, home, habitation
the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)
Used in 314 Verses, 26 Books 345  Occurrence Count
טוֹב , verb, tov — to be pleasing or good (value 17)
H2895,
טוֹב ṭôwb, tobe; a primitive root, to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense:—be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right
(Qal)
to be pleasant, be delightful
to be glad, be joyful
to be better
to be well with, be good for
to be pleasing
(Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly
Used in 24 Verses, 13 Books 24  Occurrence Count
יַעֲקֹב , proper masculine noun, yaʿakov — a son of Isaac, also his desc (value 182)
H3290,
יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'; from H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch:—Jacob.Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"
son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel
Used in 319 Verses, 22 Books 346  Occurrence Count
יִשְׂרָאֵל , proper masculine noun, yisraʾeyl — "God strives", another name of Jacob and his desc (value 541)
H3478,
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.Israel = "God prevails"
the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
the name of the nation after the return from exile
Used in 2231 Verses, 34 Books 2505  Occurrence Count
מָה , indefinite pronoun, interrogative pronoun, ma — what? how? anything (value 45)
H4100,
מָה mâh, maw; or מַה mah; or מָ mâ; or מַ ma; also מֶה meh; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses:—how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.interrogative pronoun
what, how, of what kind
(interrogative)
what?
of what kind
what? (rhetorical)
whatsoever, whatever, what
(adverb)
how, how now
why
how! (exclamation)
(with preposition)
wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
because of what?
the like of what?
how much?, how many?, how often?
for how long?
for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indefinite pronoun
anything, aught, what may
Used in 650 Verses, 37 Books 744  Occurrence Count
מִשְׁכָּן , masculine noun, mishkan — dwelling place, tabernacle (value 410)
H4908,
מִשְׁכָּן mishkân, mish-kawn'; from H7931; a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls):—dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.dwelling place, tabernacle
dwelling-place
dwellings
Used in 129 Verses, 14 Books 138  Occurrence Count
| Numbers 24:5Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מַה־טֹּ֥בוּ אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| How goodly |
H2895tov |
טוֹב |
17 |
| are thy tents, |
H168ʾohel |
אֹהֶל |
36 |
| O Jacob, |
H3290yaʿakov |
יַעֲקֹב |
182 |
| and thy tabernacles, |
H4908mishkan |
מִשְׁכָּן |
410 |
| O Israel! |
H3478yisraʾeyl |
יִשְׂרָאֵל |
541 |
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