Numbers 24:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

Young's Literal Translation
And he taketh up his simile, and saith: ‘Alas! who doth live when God doth this?

King James Bible
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Hebrew
Once more [Balaam] 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

“Ah,
א֕וֹי (’ō·w)
Interjection
Strong's 188: Lamentation, Oh!

who
מִ֥י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can live
יִחְיֶ֖ה (yiḥ·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

unless God
אֵֽל׃ (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

has ordained it?
מִשֻּׂמ֥וֹ (miś·śu·mōw)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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