Study it in the app“And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps YHWH will come to meet me, and whatever word he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height.”
And Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםsaidיֹּאמֶרto Balak,לְבָלָק“Standהִתְיַצֵּבbesideעַלyour burnt offering,עֹלָתֶךָand I will go;וְאֵלְכָהperhapsאוּלַיYHWHיְהוָהwill comeיִקָּרֵהto meet me,לִקְרָאתִיand whateverוּ מַהwordדְבַרhe shows meיַּרְאֵנִיI will tellוְהִגַּדְתִּיyou.”לָךְAnd he wentוַיֵּלֶךְto a bare height.שֶׁפִי
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsBalak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “valak” appearstake one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsev” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olate” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elcha” appearsperhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appearsYHWH
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” appearsbefall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “yikare” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerati” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appearsshow
To make someone see something.
Where else “yare” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadti” appearsbare height
Bare hill, a height without trees.
Where else “shefi” appears2And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3 · This verse (above)
4And Elohim met Balaam, and he said to him, “The seven altars I have set in order, and I have offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”
