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Numbers 23:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.


Numbers 23:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 23:116 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
אֶלʾelNear
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
בְּנֵהbənēhBuild
לִיTo
בָזֶהvāzehIn this
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
מִזְבְּחֹתmizəbəḥōtAltar
וְהָכֵןwəhāḵēnAnd be erect
לִיTo
בָּזֶהbāzehIn this
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
פָרִיםp̄ārîmBullock
וְשִׁבְעָהwəšivəʿāhAnd seven
אֵילִיםʾêlîmStrength
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
אֶלʾelNear
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
בְּנֵהbənēhBuild
לִיTo
בָזֶהvāzehIn this
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
מִזְבְּחֹתmizəbəḥōtAltar
וְהָכֵןwəhāḵēnAnd be erect
לִיTo
בָּזֶהbāzehIn this
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
פָרִיםp̄ārîmBullock
וְשִׁבְעָהwəšivəʿāhAnd seven
אֵילִיםʾêlîmStrength

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