And Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםcameיָּבֹאtoאֶלBalaamבִּלְעָםat nightלַיְלָהand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Ifאִםthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםhave comeבָּאוּto callלִקְרֹאyou,לְךָrise,קוּםgoלֵךְwith them;אִתָּםbutוְonlyאַךְthe wordאֶת הַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרI speakאֲדַבֵּרto you,אֵלֶיךָthatאֹתוֹyou shall do.”תַעֲשֶׂה
Numbers 22:20
Study it in the app“And Elohim came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only the word that I speak to you, that you shall do.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:20, word by word
- And Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” 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- at nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- to callקְרֹאkero
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kero” appears- riseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- goלֵךְlech
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lech” appears- the wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- I speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- you shall doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears
The context
19And now, please stay here, you also, tonight, and I will know what more YHWH will speak to me.”
20 · This verse (above)
21So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.