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Numbers 24:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.


Numbers 24:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 24:1021 words
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיִּסְפֹּקwayisəpōqAnd clap
אֶתʾet
כַּפָּיוkapāywHollow hand
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
לָקֹבlāqōvTo scoop
אֹיְבַיʾōyəvayHating
קְרָאתִיךָqərāʾtîḵāCall out to
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
בֵּרַכְתָּbēraḵətāKneel
בָרֵךְvārēḵəKneel
זֶהzehThis
שָׁלֹשׁšālōšThree
פְּעָמִיםpəʿāmîmStroke
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיִּסְפֹּקwayisəpōqAnd clap
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כַּפָּיוkapāywHollow hand
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בָּלָקbālāqBalak
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
לָקֹבlāqōvTo scoop
אֹיְבַיʾōyəvayHating
קְרָאתִיךָqərāʾtîḵāCall out to
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
בֵּרַכְתָּbēraḵətāKneel
בָרֵךְvārēḵəKneel
זֶהzehThis
שָׁלֹשׁšālōšThree
פְּעָמִיםpəʿāmîmStroke

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