And Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםwentיֵּלֶךְwithעִםBalak,בָּלָקand they cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Kiriath-huzoth.קִרְיַת חֻצוֹת
Numbers 22:39
Study it in the app“And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:39, 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- and they cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to Kiriath-huzothקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-huzoth
Kiriath-huzoth, a city of Moab. The name means "city of streets."
Where else “kiryat” appears
The context
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.”
39 · This verse (above)
40And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep and sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.