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And the princesוַ שָׂרֵיof Moabמוֹאָבroseיָּקוּמוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלBalakבָּלָקand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Balaamבִּלְעָםrefusedמֵאֵןto comeהֲלֹךְwith us.”עִמָּנוּ
Numbers 22:14
Study it in the app“And the princes of Moab rose and came to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:14, word by word
- And the princesשָׂרֵיsare
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sare” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- roseיָּקוּמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” 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- refusedמֵאֵןmeen
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meen” appears- to comeהֲלֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And Balak sent again princes, more numerous and more honored than these.