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Numbers 22:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.


Numbers 22:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:2913 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
לָאָתוֹןlāʾātwōnTo female donkey
כִּיRelative conjunction
הִתְעַלַּלְתְּhitəʿalalətəEffect thoroughly
בִּיIn
לוּIf
יֶשׁyešIs
חֶרֶבḥerevDrought
בְּיָדִיbəyādîIn hand
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
הֲרַגְתִּיךְhăragətîḵəSmite
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
לָאָתוֹןlāʾātwōnTo female donkey
כִּיRelative conjunction
הִתְעַלַּלְתְּhitəʿalalətəEffect thoroughly
בִּיIn
לוּIf
יֶשׁyešIs
חֶרֶבḥerevDrought
בְּיָדִיbəyādîIn hand
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
הֲרַגְתִּיךְhăragətîḵəSmite

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