KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Numbers 22:20 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And God” | אֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “came” | וַיָּבֹ֨א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “Balaam” | בִּלְעָם֮ | Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet | Balaam |
| “at night,” | לַיְלָה֒ | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and said” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto him, If” | אִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | If |
| “the men” | הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | men |
| “come” | בָּ֣אוּ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “to call” | לִקְרֹ֤א | To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) | call |
| “thee, rise up,” | ק֖וּם | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | rise up |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “go” | לֵ֣ךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | go |
| “with” | אִתָּ֑ם | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “them; but yet” | וְאַ֗ךְ | A particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only | them but yet |
| “the word” | הַדָּבָ֛ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | word |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “I shall say” | אֲדַבֵּ֥ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | say |
| “unto” | אֵלֶ֖יךָ | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “thee, that shalt thou do.” | תַֽעֲשֶֽׂה׃ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | do |
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18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
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