Numbers 23:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.”

Numbers 23:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 23:318 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam

לְבָלָקləvālāqTo Balak

הִתְיַצֵּבhitəyaṣēvPlace

עַלʿalAbove

עֹלָתֶךָʿōlāteḵāStep

וְאֵלְכָהwəʾēləḵāhAnd walk

אוּלַיʾûlayIf not

יִקָּרֵהyiqārēhLight upon

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לִקְרָאתִיliqərāʾtîTo encountering

וּדְבַרûdəvarAnd word

מַהmahWhat?

יַּרְאֵנִיyarəʾēnîSee

וְהִגַּדְתִּיwəhigadətîAnd front

לָךְlāḵəTo

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

שֶׁפִיšep̄îBareness

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

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