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Numbers 24:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.


Numbers 24:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 24:119 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
כִּיRelative conjunction
טוֹבṭwōvBe
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְבָרֵךְləvārēḵəTo kneel
אֶתʾet
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
הָלַךְhālaḵəWalk
כְּפַעַםkəp̄aʿamLike stroke
בְּפַעַםbəp̄aʿamIn stroke
לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering
נְחָשִׁיםnəḥāšîmIncantation
וַיָּשֶׁתwayāšetAnd place
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture
פָּנָיוpānāywFace
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
כִּיRelative conjunction
טוֹבṭwōvBe
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְבָרֵךְləvārēḵəTo kneel
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
הָלַךְhālaḵəWalk
כְּפַעַםkəp̄aʿamLike stroke
בְּפַעַםbəp̄aʿamIn stroke
לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering
נְחָשִׁיםnəḥāšîmIncantation
וַיָּשֶׁתwayāšetAnd place
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture
פָּנָיוpānāywFace

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