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And Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםsaidיֹּאמֶרto the donkey,לָאָתוֹן“Becauseכִּיyou have made a foolהִתְעַלַּלְתְּof me!בִּיIf onlyלוּthere wereיֶשׁa swordחֶרֶבin my hand,בְּיָדִיforכִּיnowעַתָּהI would have killed you!”הֲרַגְתִּיךְ
Numbers 22:29
Study it in the app“And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me! If only there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:29, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the donkeyאָתוֹןaton
female donkey
Female donkey.
Where else “aton” appears- you have made a foolהִתְעַלַּלְתְּhitalalt
abuse
To treat harshly or mockingly someone who is in our hands.
Where else “hitalalt” appears- If onlyלוּlu
if only
A word that voices a strong wish that something were otherwise: «if only…».
Where else “lu” appears- a swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- in my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- I would have killed youהֲרַגְתִּיharagti
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragti” appears
The context
28Then YHWH opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
29 · This verse (above)
30And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”