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And Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalaam,בִּלְעָם“You shall notלֹאgoתֵלֵךְwith them;עִמָּהֶםyou shall notלֹאcurseתָאֹרthe people,אֶת הָעָםforכִּיtheyהוּאare blessed.”בָרוּךְ
Numbers 22:12
Study it in the app“And Elohim said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:12, word by word
- And Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- goתֵלֵךְtelech
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “telech” appears- curseתָאֹרtaor
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “taor” appears- the peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- are blessedבָרוּךְvaruch
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “varuch” appears
The context
11‘Look, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the earth; now, come, curse them for me; perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”
12 · This verse (above)
13So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, for YHWH has refused to let me go with you.”