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Numbers 22:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.


Numbers 22:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:1825 words
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
עַבְדֵיʿavədêServant
בָלָקvālāqBalak
אִםʾimLo!
יִתֶּןyitenGive
לִיTo
בָלָקvālāqBalak
מְלֹאməlōʾFulness
בֵיתוֹvêtwōA house
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
וְזָהָבwəzāhāvAnd gold
לֹאlōʾNot
אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able
לַעֲבֹרlaʿăvōrTo cross
אֶתʾet
פִּיMouth
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהָיʾĕlōhāyGod
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
קְטַנָּהqəṭanāhAbbreviated
אוֹʾwōDesire
גְדוֹלָהgədwōlāhGreat
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
עַבְדֵיʿavədêServant
בָלָקvālāqBalak
אִםʾimLo!
יִתֶּןyitenGive
לִיTo
בָלָקvālāqBalak
מְלֹאməlōʾFulness
בֵיתוֹvêtwōA house
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
וְזָהָבwəzāhāvAnd gold
לֹאlōʾNot
אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able
לַעֲבֹרlaʿăvōrTo cross
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
פִּיMouth
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהָיʾĕlōhāyGod
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
קְטַנָּהqəṭanāhAbbreviated
אוֹʾwōDesire
גְדוֹלָהgədwōlāhGreat

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