Numbers 23:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

Young's Literal Translation
For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

King James Bible
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I see them
אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ (’er·’en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

from atop
מֵרֹ֤אשׁ (mê·rōš)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

the rocky cliffs,
צֻרִים֙ (ṣu·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge

and I watch them
אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ (’ă·šū·ren·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7789: To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for

from the hills.
וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת (ū·mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1389: A hillock

Behold,
הֶן־ (hen-)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

a people
עָם֙ (‘ām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

dwelling
יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן (yiš·kōn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

apart,
לְבָדָ֣ד (lə·ḇā·ḏāḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 910: Isolation, separation

[who] will not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

reckon themselves
יִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃ (yiṯ·ḥaš·šāḇ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

among the nations.
וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם (ū·ḇag·gō·w·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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