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And Balakוַ בָּלָקsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalaam,בִּלְעָם“Did I notהֲלֹאsendשָׁלֹחַurgentlyשָׁלַחְתִּיto youאֵלֶיךָto callלִקְרֹאyou?לָךְWhyלָמָּהdid you notלֹאcomeהָלַכְתָּto me?אֵלָיAm I notהַ לֹאtrulyאֻמְנָםableאוּכַלto honor you?”כַּבְּדֶךָ
Numbers 22:37
Study it in the app“And 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?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:37, word by word
- And Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- sendשָׁלֹחַshaloach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shaloach” appears- to callקְרֹאkero
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kero” appears- comeהָלַכְתָּhalachta
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachta” appears- trulyאֻמְנָםumnam
truly, indeed
Truly, really, indeed.
Where else “umnam” appears- ableאוּכַלuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appears- to honor youכַּבְּדֶkabde
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “kabde” appears
The context
36When 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.
37 · This verse (above)
38And Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you now. Am I at all able to speak anything? The word that Elohim puts in my mouth, that I will speak.”