NUMBERS 23:16

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.”

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Numbers 23:16 Translation & Meaning

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And the Lord יְהוָה֙ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
met וַיִּקָּ֤ר To light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about met
Balaam, בִּלְעָ֔ם Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet Balaam
and put וַיָּ֥שֶׂם To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) put
a word דָּבָ֖ר A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause word
in his mouth, בְּפִ֑יו The mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to mouth
and said, וַיֹּ֛אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
Go again שׁ֥וּב To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again Go again
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
Balak, בָּלָ֖ק Balak, a Moabitish king Balak
and say תְדַבֵּֽר׃ Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue say
thus. וְכֹ֥ה Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now thus

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  • 14  And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  • 15  And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.

  • 16  And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

  • 17  And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?

  • 18  And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:




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