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And Balaamוַ בִלְעָםlifted upיִּשָּׂאhis eyesאֶת עֵינָיוand sawוַיַּרְאIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלcampingשֹׁכֵןtribe by tribe;לִשְׁבָטָיוand the spiritוַ רוּחַof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםcameתְּהִיupon him.עָלָיו
Numbers 24:2
Study it in the app“And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe; and the spirit of Elohim came upon him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 24:2, word by word
- And Balaamבִלְעָםvilam
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 “vilam” appears- lifted upיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- and sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- campingשֹׁכֵןshochen
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochen” appears- tribe by tribeשְׁבָטָיshevatay
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevatay” appears- and the spiritרוּחַruach
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- cameתְּהִיtehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appears
The context
1When 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3And he took up his poem and said, “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,