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And Balakוַ בָּלָקsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalaam,בִּלְעָם“Neitherגַּםcurseקֹבthemנּוּat allלֹא תִקֳּבֶnorגַּם לֹאblessבָּרֵךְthemנּוּat all!”תְבָרֲכֶ
Numbers 23:25
Study it in the app“And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:25, 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- curseקֹבkov
curse
Curse: speak against someone to bring evil on him.
Where else “kov” appears- at allתִקֳּבֶtikove
blaspheme
To speak ill of the Name of YHWH and curse it.
Where else “tikove” appears- blessבָּרֵךְbarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “barech” appears
The context
24Look, a people rises like a lioness, and like a lion it lifts itself up; it does not lie down until it devours the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.”
25 · This verse (above)
26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that YHWH speaks, that I must do’?”