becauseעַל דְּבַר אֲשֶׁרthey did notלֹאmeetקִדְּמוּyouאֶתְכֶםwith breadבַּלֶּחֶםand with waterוּבַמַּיִםon the wayבַּדֶּרֶךְwhen you came outבְּצֵאתְכֶםof Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִםand becauseוַאֲשֶׁרthey hiredשָׂכַרagainst youעָלֶיךָBalaamאֶת בִּלְעָםsonבֶּןof Beorבְּעוֹרfrom Pethorמִפְּתוֹרof Aram-naharaimאֲרַם נַהֲרַיִםto curse you.לְקַלְלֶךָּ
Deuteronomy 23:4
Study it in the app“because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim to curse you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:4, word by word
- becauseדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- meetקִדְּמוּkidmu
meet
To go toward someone who is coming: to help him or to confront him.
Where else “kidmu” appears- with breadלֶּחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and with waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- on the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- when you came outצֵאתְtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- they hiredשָׂכַרsachar
hire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “sachar” appears- Balaamבִּלְעָםbilam
Balaam
Balaam, a diviner from Mesopotamia whom the king of Moab called to curse Israel. The name perhaps means "not of the people," that is, a foreigner.
Where else “bilam” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Beorבְּעוֹרbeor
Beor
Beor, the father of Bela, king of Edom, and the father of Balaam.
Where else “beor” appears- from Pethorפְּתוֹרpetor
Pethor
Pethor, a city of Mesopotamia, by the Euphrates, where Balaam came from.
Where else “petor” appears- of Aram-naharaimאֲרַםaram
Aram-naharaim
Aram-naharaim: "Aram of the two rivers", northern Mesopotamia, where Abraham's relatives lived.
Where else “aram” appears- to curse youקַלְלֶkalle
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “kalle” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
3An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth generation none of theirs shall enter the assembly of YHWH, forever,
4 · This verse (above)
5But YHWH your Elohim was not willing to listen to Balaam, and YHWH your Elohim turned for you the curse into a blessing, because YHWH your Elohim loves you.