Numbers 24:3

And he took up his parable. Compare Numbers 23:7 , Numbers 23:18 .

the man = the strong or mighty man. Hebrew. geber. See App-14 .

whose eyes are. Hebrew "whose eye is".

open. Hebrew. shatham, to close, i.e. "the man with closed eye", i.e. in an ecstasy; closed, but seeing.