And they cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלBalaamבִּלְעָםand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרBalakבָּלָקsonבֶּןof Zippor:צִפּוֹר‘Pleaseנָאdo notאַלlet anything hold you backתִמָּנַעfrom comingמֵהֲלֹךְto me;אֵלָי
Numbers 22:16
Study it in the app“And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hold you back from coming to me;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:16, word by word
- And they cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” 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- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Zipporצִפּוֹרtsipor
Zippor
Zippor, father of Balak, king of Moab. The name means "bird."
Where else “tsipor” appears- let anything hold you backתִמָּנַעtimana
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “timana” appears- from comingהֲלֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears
The context
15And Balak sent again princes, more numerous and more honored than these.
16 · This verse (above)
17for I will honor you greatly, and all that you say to me I will do. So come, please, curse this people for me.’”