Numbers 22:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.”
Numbers 22:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 22:2322 words
וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
אֶתʾet—
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
נִצָּבniṣāvStation
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
וְחַרְבּוֹwəḥarəbwōAnd drought
שְׁלוּפָהšəlûp̄āhPull
בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand
וַתֵּטwatēṭAnd stretch
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
מִןminPart
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
וַיַּךְwayaḵəAnd strike
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
אֶתʾet—
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
לְהַטֹּתָהּləhaṭōtāhTo stretch
הַדָּרֶךְhadāreḵəThe road
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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