Numbers 23:27

“And 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.””

Numbers 23:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 23:27, word by word

And Balakבָּלָקbalak

Balak

Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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“Comeלְכָlecha

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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I will take youאֶקָּחֲekaach

fetch

To take someone along, or go and fetch something.

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anotherאַחֵרacher

other

Other, another; next.

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placeמָקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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perhapsאוּלַיulay

perhaps

Perhaps, maybe.

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it will be rightיִישַׁרyishar

seem right

To seem good to someone.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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that you curse themקַבֹּתkabot

curse

Curse: speak against someone to bring evil on him.

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The context

26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that YHWH speaks, that I must do’?”

27 · This verse (above)

28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the wasteland.

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