And Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalak,בָּלָק“Look,הִנֵּהI have comeבָאתִיto youאֵלֶיךָnow.עַתָּהAm I at all ableהֲיָכוֹל אוּכַלto speakדַּבֵּרanything?מְאוּמָהThe wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרElohimאֱלֹהִיםputsיָשִׂיםin my mouth,בְּפִיthatאֹתוֹI will speak.”אֲדַבֵּר
Numbers 22:38
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yomer” appears- Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- I have comeבָאתִיvati
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vati” appears- Am I at all ableיָכוֹלyachol
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachol” appears- to speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- anythingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears- The wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- putsיָשִׂיםyasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasim” appears- in my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
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.