And Balakבָּלָקsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Come,לְכָהplease,נָּאwith meאִתִּיtoאֶלanotherאַחֵרplaceמָקוֹםfrom whichאֲשֶׁר מִשָּׁםyou may see them;תִּרְאֶנּוּyou shall seeתִרְאֶהonlyאֶפֶסthe edge of themקָצֵהוּandוְshall notלֹאseeתִרְאֶהall of them;כֻלּוֹand curse themוְקָבְנוֹfor meלִיfrom there.”מִשָּׁם
Numbers 23:13
Study it in the app“And Balak said to him, “Come, please, with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the edge of them and shall not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:13, 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- “Comeלְכָlecha
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “lecha” appears- pleaseנָּאna
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “na” appears- anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- you may see themתִּרְאֶtire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tire” appears- onlyאֶפֶסefes
only
Only, however.
Where else “efes” appears- the edge of themקָצֵkatse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “katse” appears- and curse themקָבְkav
curse
Curse: speak against someone to bring evil on him.
Where else “kav” appears
The context
12And he answered and said, “Must I not take care to speak what YHWH puts in my mouth?”
13 · This verse (above)
14And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.