Study it in the app“When Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of YHWH to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to meet omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.”
When Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםsawיַּרְאthatכִּיit was goodטוֹבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהto blessלְבָרֵךְIsrael,אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלhe did notוְלֹאgo,הָלַךְas at other times,כְּפַעַם בְּפַעַםto meetלִקְרַאתomens,נְחָשִׁיםbut setוַיָּשֶׁתhis faceפָּנָיוtowardאֶלthe wilderness.הַמִּדְבָּר
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” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yar” appearsseem good
To seem good, to be pleasing or fitting.
Where else “tov” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” 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” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “varech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “faam” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearsomen
Omen: a sign by which someone tries to divine or to cast a spell.
Where else “nechashim” appearsput
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yashet” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears1 · This verse (above)
2And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe; and the spirit of Elohim came upon him.
