Study it in the app“And 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.”
And he sentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלBalaamבִּלְעָםsonבֶּןof Beorבְּעוֹרat Pethor,פְּתוֹרָהwhichאֲשֶׁרis byעַלthe River,הַנָּהָרin the landאֶרֶץof the sonsבְּנֵיof his people,עַמּוֹto callלִקְרֹאhim,לוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהa peopleעַםhas come outיָצָאof Egypt;מִמִּצְרַיִםlook,הִנֵּהthey coverכִסָּהthe faceאֶת עֵיןof the earth,הָאָרֶץandוְtheyהוּאare settlingיֹשֵׁבopposite me.מִמֻּלִי
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearsBalaam
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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsBeor
Beor, the father of Bela, king of Edom, and the father of Balaam.
Where else “beor” appearsPethor
Pethor, a city of Mesopotamia, by the Euphrates, where Balaam came from.
Where else “petora” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearskin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “am” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kero” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearscover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chisa” appearsappearance
Literally "the eye": how something looks, its glint.
Where else “en” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsin front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “muli” appears“The River” is the Euphrates. “The face of the earth” is, word for word, “the eye of the earth.”
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And now, come, please, curse this people for me, for they are mightier than I. Perhaps I will be able to strike them and drive them out of the land; for I know that whom you bless is blessed, and whom you curse is cursed.”
