Numbers 22:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.”

Numbers 22:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 22:423 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab

אֶלʾelNear

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time

יְלַחֲכוּyəlaḥăḵûLick

הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

סְבִיבֹתֵינוּsəvîvōtênûCircle

כִּלְחֹךְkiləḥōḵəLike lick

הַשּׁוֹרhašwōrThe bullock

אֵתʾēt—

יֶרֶקyereqPallor

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

וּבָלָקûvālāqAnd Balak

בֶּןbenSon

צִפּוֹרṣipwōrTsippor

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

לְמוֹאָבləmwōʾāvTo Moab

בָּעֵתbāʿētIn time

הַהִואhahiwʾThe he

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

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