Numbers 22:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.”

Numbers 22:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:3117 words

וַיְגַלwayəgalAnd denude

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

עֵינֵיʿênêEye

בִלְעָםviləʿāmBilam

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֶתʾet—

מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

נִצָּבniṣāvStation

בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road

וְחַרְבּוֹwəḥarəbwōAnd drought

שְׁלֻפָהšəlup̄āhPull

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

וַיִּקֹּדwayiqōdAnd shrivel up

וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress

לְאַפָּיוləʾapāywTo nose

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְגַלwayəgalAnd denude

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵינֵיʿênêEye

בִלְעָםviləʿāmBilam

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

נִצָּבniṣāvStation

בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road

וְחַרְבּוֹwəḥarəbwōAnd drought

שְׁלֻפָהšəlup̄āhPull

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

וַיִּקֹּדwayiqōdAnd shrivel up

וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress

לְאַפָּיוləʾapāywTo nose

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