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Numbers 22:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?


Numbers 22:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:2815 words
וַיִּפְתַּחwayip̄ətaḥAnd open wide
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾet
פִּיMouth
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
לְבִלְעָםləviləʿāmTo Bilam
מֶהmehWhat?
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
לְךָləḵāTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
הִכִּיתַנִיhikîtanîStrike
זֶהzehThis
שָׁלֹשׁšālōšThree
רְגָלִיםrəgālîmFoot
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּפְתַּחwayip̄ətaḥAnd open wide
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
פִּיMouth
הָאָתוֹןhāʾātwōnThe female donkey
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
לְבִלְעָםləviləʿāmTo Bilam
מֶהmehWhat?
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
לְךָləḵāTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
הִכִּיתַנִיhikîtanîStrike
זֶהzehThis
שָׁלֹשׁšālōšThree
רְגָלִיםrəgālîmFoot

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