Numbers 22:32 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:”

Numbers 22:32 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:3220 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

מָהmāhWhat?

הִכִּיתָhikîtāStrike

אֶתʾet—

אֲתֹנְךָʾătōnəḵāFemale donkey

זֶהzehThis

שָׁלוֹשׁšālwōšThree

רְגָלִיםrəgālîmFoot

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

יָצָאתִיyāṣāʾtîGo

לְשָׂטָןləśāṭānTo opponent

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יָרַטyāraṭPrecipitate

הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road

לְנֶגְדִּיlənegədîTo front

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

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