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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalak,בָּלָק“Standהִתְיַצֵּבhereכֹּהbesideעַלyour burnt offering,עֹלָתֶךָwhile Iוְאָנֹכִיmeet himאִקָּרֶהthere.”כֹּה
Numbers 23:15
Study it in the app“And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet him there.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:15, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- “Standהִתְיַצֵּבhityatsev
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsev” appears- your burnt offeringעֹלָתֶolate
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olate” appears- meet himאִקָּרֶהikare
meet
To come to meet someone, as YHWH does with his people.
Where else “ikare” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And YHWH met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”