Numbers 22:38

“And 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.””

Numbers 22:38 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 22:38, 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.

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Balakבָּלָקbalak

Balak

Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."

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I have comeבָאתִיvati

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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Am I at all ableיָכוֹלyachol

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

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to speakדַּבֵּרdaber

speak

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

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anythingמְאוּמָהmeuma

anything

Something, anything; with "not", nothing.

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The wordדָּבָרdavar

word

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

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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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putsיָשִׂיםyasim

put

To put something somewhere.

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in my mouthפִfi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

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The context

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?”

38 · This verse (above)

39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

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