Numbers 23:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

Young's Literal Translation
Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!’

King James Bible
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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

can count
מָנָה֙ (mā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4487: To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll

the dust
עֲפַ֣ר (‘ă·p̄ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

of Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

or number
וּמִסְפָּ֖ר (ū·mis·pār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

[even] a fourth
רֹ֣בַע (rō·ḇa‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7255: Fourth part

of Israel?
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

Let me
נַפְשִׁי֙ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

die
תָּמֹ֤ת (tā·mōṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

the death
מ֣וֹת (mō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

of the righteous;
יְשָׁרִ֔ים (yə·šā·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

let my end
אַחֲרִיתִ֖י (’a·ḥă·rî·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

be
וּתְהִ֥י (ū·ṯə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like theirs!”
כָּמֹֽהוּ׃ (kā·mō·hū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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