Study it in the app“And he said to them, “Spend the night here tonight, and I will bring back to you word, as YHWH speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.”
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Spend the nightלִינוּhereפֹהtonight,הַלַּיְלָהand I will bring backוַהֲשִׁבֹתִיto youאֶתְכֶםword,דָּבָרasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspeaksיְדַבֵּרto me.”אֵלָיSo the princesוַ שָׂרֵיof MoabמוֹאָבstayedיֵּשְׁבוּwithעִםBalaam.בִּלְעָם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsspend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “linu” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashivoti” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearsnobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sare” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” 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” appearsMoab
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).
7So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went, with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.
8 · This verse (above)
9And Elohim came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”
