Study it in the app“And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the green growth of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.”
And Moabוַ מוֹאָבsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe eldersזִקְנֵיof Midian,מִדְיָן“Nowעַתָּהthis assemblyהַקָּהָלwill lick upיְלַחֲכוּallאֶת כָּלthat is around us,סְבִיבֹתֵינוּas the oxכִּ הַשּׁוֹרlicks upלְחֹךְthe green growthאֵת יֶרֶקof the field.”הַשָּׂדֶהAnd Balakוּבָלָקsonבֶּןof Zipporצִפּוֹרwas kingמֶלֶךְof Moabלְמוֹאָבat thatבָּ הַהִואtime.עֵת
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearslick up
Lick, pass the tongue over. In Numbers 22:4, to devour everything as an ox eats the grass.
Where else “yelachachu” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appearsox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appearsgreen plants
What is green: green plants, fresh grass.
Where else “yerek” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsBalak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “valak” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsZippor
Zippor, father of Balak, king of Moab. The name means "bird."
Where else “tsipor” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears1Moab
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).
2Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
3And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab dreaded the sons of Israel.
4 · This verse (above)
5And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Look, a people has come out of Egypt; look, they cover the face of the earth, and they are settling opposite me.
