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Numbers 22:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:


Numbers 22:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:1615 words
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לוֹlwōTo
כֹּהkōhLike this
אָמַרʾāmarSay
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
בֶּןbenSon
צִפּוֹרṣipwōrTsippor
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
תִמָּנַעtimānaʿDebar
מֵהֲלֹךְmēhălōḵəFrom walk
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לוֹlwōTo
כֹּהkōhLike this
אָמַרʾāmarSay
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
בֶּןbenSon
צִפּוֹרṣipwōrTsippor
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
תִמָּנַעtimānaʿDebar
מֵהֲלֹךְmēhălōḵəFrom walk
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear

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