Numbers 24:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?”

Numbers 24:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 24:1324 words

אִםʾimLo!

יִתֶּןyitenGive

לִיlîTo

בָלָקvālāqBalak

מְלֹאməlōʾFulness

בֵיתוֹvêtwōA house

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

וְזָהָבwəzāhāvAnd gold

לֹאlōʾNot

אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able

לַעֲבֹרlaʿăvōrTo cross

אֶתʾet—

פִּיpîMouth

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

טוֹבָהṭwōvāhGood

אוֹʾwōDesire

רָעָהrāʿāhBad

מִלִּבִּיmilibîFrom heart

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אֲדַבֵּרʾădabērArrange

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

Word-by-word meanings

אִםʾimLo!

יִתֶּןyitenGive

לִיlîTo

בָלָקvālāqBalak

מְלֹאməlōʾFulness

בֵיתוֹvêtwōA house

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

וְזָהָבwəzāhāvAnd gold

לֹאlōʾNot

אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able

לַעֲבֹרlaʿăvōrTo cross

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פִּיpîMouth

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

טוֹבָהṭwōvāhGood

אוֹʾwōDesire

רָעָהrāʿāhBad

מִלִּבִּיmilibîFrom heart

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲדַבֵּרʾădabērArrange

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