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But Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםansweredיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalak,בָּלָק“Did I notהֲלֹאtellדִּבַּרְתִּיyou,אֵלֶיךָsaying,לֵאמֹר‘AllכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspeaks,יְדַבֵּרthatאֹתוֹI must do’?”אֶעֱשֶׂה
Numbers 23:26
Study it in the app“But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that YHWH speaks, that I must do’?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:26, word by word
- But 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- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and 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- tellדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- I must do’אֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears
The context
25And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
26 · This verse (above)
27And Balak said to Balaam, “Come, please, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be right in the eyes of Elohim that you curse them for me from there.”