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And Balaamוַ בִּלְעָםsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBalak,בָּלָק“Did I notהֲלֹאalsoגַּםtellדִּבַּרְתִּיyour messengersאֶל מַלְאָכֶיךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou sentשָׁלַחְתָּto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Numbers 24:12
Study it in the app“And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:12, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Balakבָּלָקbalak
Balak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appears- tellדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- your messengersמַלְאָכֶיmalache
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malache” appears- you sentשָׁלַחְתָּshalachta
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachta” appears
The context
11So now flee to your place. I said, ‘I will greatly honor you’; but look, YHWH has held you back from honor.”
12 · This verse (above)
13‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of YHWH, to do good or bad of my own heart; what YHWH speaks, that I will speak’?