Numbers 22:20

“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.””

Numbers 22:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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at nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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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.

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to callקְרֹאkero

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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riseקוּםkum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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goלֵךְlech

go along

To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.

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the wordדָּבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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I speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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you shall doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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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.

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