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So Balakוַ בָּלָקtookיִּקַּחBalaamאֶת בִּלְעָםto the topרֹאשׁof Peor,הַפְּעוֹרwhich looks downהַנִּשְׁקָףonעַל פְּנֵיthe wasteland.הַיְשִׁימֹן
Numbers 23:28
Study it in the app“So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the wasteland.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 23:28, word by word
- So Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” 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- to the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of Peorפְּעוֹרpeor
Peor
Peor, a mountain east of the Jordan; also the god worshiped there, Baal-peor. The name means "opening."
Where else “peor” appears- which looks downנִּשְׁקָףnishkaf
look down
Look down from above, look out (of a window).
Where else “nishkaf” appears- onפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- the wastelandיְשִׁימֹןyeshimon
wasteland
Wasteland, desolation: desert land with no inhabitants.
Where else “yeshimon” appears
The context
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.”
28 · This verse (above)
29And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”