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And Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםcameיָּבֹאtoאֶלBalaamבִּלְעָםand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whoמִיare theseהָאֵלֶּהmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםwith you?”עִמָּךְ
Numbers 22:9
Study it in the app“And Elohim came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 22:9, word by word
- And Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” 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 saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears
The context
8And 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Balaam said to Elohim, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me: