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Numbers 22:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.


Numbers 22:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:2715 words
וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
אֶתʾet
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַתִּרְבַּץwatirəbaṣAnd crouch
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיַּךְwayaḵəAnd strike
אֶתʾet
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
בַּמַּקֵּלbamaqēlIn shoot
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַתִּרְבַּץwatirəbaṣAnd crouch
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיַּךְwayaḵəAnd strike
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
בַּמַּקֵּלbamaqēlIn shoot

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