Numbers 22:38 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
Numbers 22:38 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 22:3819 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
אֶלʾelNear
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
בָאתִיvāʾtîGo
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
הֲיָכוֹלhăyāḵwōlBe able
אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
מְאוּמָהməʾûmāhSpeck
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָשִׂיםyāśîmPut
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בְּפִיbəp̄îIn mouth
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
אֲדַבֵּרʾădabērArrange
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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