Numbers 23:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?

Young's Literal Translation
What—do I pierce?—God hath not pierced! And what—am I indignant?—Jehovah hath not been indignant!

King James Bible
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?

Hebrew
How
מָ֣ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can I curse [what]
קַבֹּ֖ה (qab·bōh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6895: To scoop out, to malign, execrate

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

has not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

cursed?
אֶקֹּ֔ב (’eq·qōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5344: To puncture

How
וּמָ֣ה (ū·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can I denounce [what]
אֶזְעֹ֔ם (’ez·‘ōm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2194: To foam at the mouth, to be enraged

the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

denounced?
זָעַ֖ם (zā·‘am)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2194: To foam at the mouth, to be enraged

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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