And Balakוַ בָּלָקsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalaam,בִּלְעָם“Come,לְכָהplease,נָּאI will take youאֶקָּחֲךָtoאֶלanotherאַחֵרplace;מָקוֹםperhapsאוּלַיit will be rightיִישַׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםthat you curse themוְקַבֹּתוֹfor meלִיfrom there.”מִשָּׁם
Numbers 23:27
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:27, 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- “Comeלְכָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- I will take youאֶקָּחֲekaach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “ekaach” appears- anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- it will be rightיִישַׁרyishar
seem right
To seem good to someone.
Where else “yishar” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- that you curse themקַבֹּתkabot
curse
Curse: speak against someone to bring evil on him.
Where else “kabot” appears
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.