“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 24:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 24:119 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֣רְאwayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בִּלְעָ֗םbiləʿām
BalaamnounH1109
Bileam
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ט֞וֹבṭwōb
it was goodverbH2895
cheer · be (do · seem) good · goodly ···
בְּ/עֵינֵ֤יbəʿēynēy
in the eyes ofpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/בָרֵ֣ךְləbārēkə
to blesspronH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָלַ֥ךְhālakə
he wentverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
כְּ/פַֽעַםkəpaʿam
as timepronH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
בְּ/פַ֖עַםbəpaʿam
on timepronH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
נְחָשִׁ֑יםnəḥāšiym
omensnounH5173
וַ/יָּ֥שֶׁתwayāšet
and he setconjH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מִּדְבָּ֖רhamidəbār
the wildernessparticleH4057
south · speech · wilderness
פָּנָֽי/וpānāyw
face hisnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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