Study it in the app“And the donkey saw the angel of YHWH standing in the road, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back to the road.”
And the donkeyוַ הָאָתוֹןsawתֵּרֶאthe angelאֶת מַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהstandingנִצָּבin the road,בַּדֶּרֶךְwith his swordוְחַרְבּוֹdrawnשְׁלוּפָהin his hand;בְּיָדוֹand the donkeyוַ הָאָתוֹןturned asideתֵּטfromמִןthe roadהַדֶּרֶךְand wentוַתֵּלֶךְinto the field.בַּשָּׂדֶהAnd Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםstruckיַּךְthe donkeyאֶת הָאָתוֹןto turn herלְהַטֹּתָהּback to the road.הַדָּרֶךְ
female donkey
Female donkey.
Where else “aton” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appearsangel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsstand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsav” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appearsdraw out
Draw out, pull out: take the sword out of its sheath; also pull off or pull up.
Where else “shelufa” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsturn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “tet” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsBalaam
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” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yach” appears22But the anger of Elohim burned because he was going, and the angel of YHWH took his stand in the road as an opponent to him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two young men were with him.
23 · This verse (above)
24Then the angel of YHWH stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side.
