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 22:27 — Hebrew 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

ℹWords 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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