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Deuteronomy 23:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.”

Deuteronomy 23:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 23:522 words
עַלʿalAbove
דְּבַרdəvarWord
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
קִדְּמוּqidəmûProject
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—
בַּלֶּחֶםbaleḥemIn food
וּבַמַּיִםûvamayimAnd in waters
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
בְּצֵאתְכֶםbəṣēʾtəḵemIn go
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
שָׂכַרśāḵarHire
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
אֶתʾet—
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
בֶּןbenSon
בְּעוֹרbəʿwōrBeor
מִפְּתוֹרmipətwōrFrom Pethor
אֲרַםʾăram—
נַהֲרַיִםnahărayimAram
לְקַלְלֶךָּləqaləlekāTo be
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

עַלʿalAbove
דְּבַרdəvarWord
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
קִדְּמוּqidəmûProject
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)
בַּלֶּחֶםbaleḥemIn food
וּבַמַּיִםûvamayimAnd in waters
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
בְּצֵאתְכֶםbəṣēʾtəḵemIn go
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
שָׂכַרśāḵarHire
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
בֶּןbenSon
בְּעוֹרbəʿwōrBeor
מִפְּתוֹרmipətwōrFrom Pethor
אֲרַםʾăramdirect object marker (no translation)
נַהֲרַיִםnahărayimAram
לְקַלְלֶךָּləqaləlekāTo be

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