Study it in the app“When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is at the edge of the territory.”
When Balakוַ בָּלָקheardיִּשְׁמַעthatכִּיBalaamבִלְעָםhad come,בָאhe went outוַיֵּצֵאto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹatאֶלthe cityעִירof Moab,מוֹאָבwhichאֲשֶׁרis onעַלthe borderגְּבוּלof the Arnon,אַרְנֹןwhichאֲשֶׁרis at the edgeבִּקְצֵהof the territory.הַגְּבוּל
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” 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 “vilam” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsborder
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appearsArnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appearsend
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appearsMoab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
35And the angel of YHWH said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 · This verse (above)
37And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send urgently to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not truly able to honor you?”
