Study it in the app“because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and he hired against him Balaam to curse him; but our Elohim turned the curse into a blessing.”
becauseכִּיthey did notלֹאmeetקִדְּמוּthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith breadבַּלֶּחֶםand with water,וּבַמָּיִםand he hiredוַיִּשְׂכֹּרagainst himעָלָיוBalaamבִּלְעָםto curse him;לְקַלְלוֹbut our Elohimוַ אֱלֹהֵינוּturnedיַּהֲפֹךְthe curseהַקְּלָלָהinto a blessing.לִבְרָכָה
meet
To go toward someone who is coming: to help him or to confront him.
Where else “kidmu” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearshire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “yiskor” appearsBalaam
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” appearscurse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “kall” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearschange
To change something into something else.
Where else “yahafoch” appearscurse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appearsblessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “veracha” appearsWhat was read is Deuteronomy 23:3-5. “He hired”: Balak, king of Moab (Numbers 22).
1On that day it was read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and there was found written in it that an Ammonite or a Moabite should not enter the assembly of Elohim forever,
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3It happened that when they heard the law, they separated all the mixed people from Israel.
