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forכִּיI will honorכַבֵּדyouךָgreatly,אֲכַבֶּדְ מְאֹדandוְallכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרyou sayתֹּאמַרto meאֵלַיI will do.אֶעֱשֶׂהSo come,וּלְכָהplease,נָּאcurseקָבָהthisהַזֶּהpeopleאֵת הָעָםfor me.’”לִּי
Numbers 22:17
Study it in the app“for I will honor you greatly, and all that you say to me I will do. So come, please, curse this people for me.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:17, word by word
- I will honorכַבֵּדchabed
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “chabed” appears- greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- you sayתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- I will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- So comeלְכָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- curseקָבָkava
curse
Curse: speak against someone to bring evil on him.
Where else “kava” appears- peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears
The context
16And 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;
17 · This verse (above)
18But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of YHWH my Elohim, to do anything small or great.