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And Balakוַ בָּלָקsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalaam,בִּלְעָם“Whatמֶהhave you doneעָשִׂיתָto me?לִיI took youלְקַחְתִּיךָto curseלָקֹבmy enemies,אֹיְבַיandוְlook,הִנֵּהyou have done nothing butבָרֵךְbless them!”בֵּרַכְתָּ
Numbers 23:11
Study it in the app“And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:11, word by word
- And Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- have you doneעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- I took youלְקַחְתִּיlekachti
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lekachti” appears- to curseקֹבkov
curse
Curse: speak against someone to bring evil on him.
Where else “kov” appears- my enemiesאֹיְבַoyva
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyva” appears- you have done nothing butבָרֵךְvarech
greet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “varech” appears
The context
10Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!”
11 · This verse (above)
12And he answered and said, “Must I not take care to speak what YHWH puts in my mouth?”