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So nowוְעַתָּהfleeבְּרַחtoלְךָ אֶלyour place.מְקוֹמֶךָI said,אָמַרְתִּי‘I will greatlyכַּבֵּדhonor you’;אֲכַבֶּדְךָbutוְlook,הִנֵּהYHWHיְהוָהhas held you backמְנָעֲךָfrom honor.”מִכָּבוֹד
Numbers 24:11
Study it in the app“So now flee to your place. I said, ‘I will greatly honor you’; but look, YHWH has held you back from honor.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:11, word by word
- fleeבְּרַחberach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “berach” appears- your placeמְקוֹמֶmekome
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekome” appears- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- ‘I will greatlyכַּבֵּדkabed
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “kabed” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- has held you backמְנָעֲmenaa
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “menaa” appears- from honorכָּבוֹדkavod
honor
Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
Where else “kavod” appears
The context
10And Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “To curse my enemies I called you, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!
11 · This verse (above)
12And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,