And it happenedוַיְהִיin the morningבַבֹּקֶרthat Balakוַ בָּלָקtookיִּקַּחBalaamאֶת בִּלְעָםand brought him upוַיַּעֲלֵהוּto Bamoth-baal,בָּמוֹת בָּעַלand he sawוַיַּרְאfrom thereמִשָּׁםthe edgeקְצֵהof the people.הָעָם
Numbers 22:41
Study it in the app“And it happened in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and he saw from there the edge of the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:41, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- that Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” 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- and brought him upיַּעֲלֵyaale
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaale” appears- to Bamoth-baalבָּמוֹתbamot
Bamoth
Bamoth (also Bamoth-baal), a place east of the Jordan. The name means "high places."
Where else “bamot” appears- and he sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the edgeקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
40And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep and sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.
41 · This verse (above)