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Numbers 22:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.


Numbers 22:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:1214 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
לֹאlōʾNot
תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
עִמָּהֶםʿimāhemWith
לֹאlōʾNot
תָאֹרtāʾōrExecrate
אֶתʾet
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
כִּיRelative conjunction
בָרוּךְvārûḵəKneel
הוּאhûʾHe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
לֹאlōʾNot
תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
עִמָּהֶםʿimāhemWith
לֹאlōʾNot
תָאֹרtāʾōrExecrate
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
כִּיRelative conjunction
בָרוּךְvārûḵəKneel
הוּאhûʾHe

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