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And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. (KJV)
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וַיָּ֤קָםvai.Ya.komand he arose
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 1
בִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmBalaam
Lemma: בִּלְעָם (bil.am) · Strong's: H1109A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Balaam
Used 60 times. Also: Numbers 22:5, Numbers 22:7, Numbers 22:8, Numbers 22:9, Numbers 22:10, Numbers 22:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1109A; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 2
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morning
Lemma: בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) · Strong's: H1242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: morning
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1242; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 3
וַֽיַּחֲבֹ֖שׁvai.ya.cha.Voshand he saddled
Lemma: חָבַשׁ (cha.vash) · Strong's: H2280
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to saddle/tie
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 22:3, Exodus 29:9, Leviticus 8:13, Judges 19:10, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2280; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 4
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 5
אֲתֹנ֑וֹ'a.to.Nodonkey his
Lemma: אָתוֹן (a.ton) · Strong's: H0860
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: she-ass
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 32:15, Genesis 45:23, Genesis 49:11, Numbers 22:22, Numbers 22:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0860; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 6
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 7
עִם\־'im-with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 8
שָׂרֵ֥יsa.Rei[the] leaders of
Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: ruler
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 9
מוֹאָֽב\׃mo.'AvMoab
Lemma: מוֹאָב (mo.av) · Strong's: H4124G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Moab
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 36:35, Exodus 15:15, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4124G; TAHOT Numbers 22:21 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So in the morning | → | בֹּ֫קֶר H1242 morning |
| Balaam | → | בִּלְעָם H1109A Balaam |
| got up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| saddled | → | חָבַשׁ H2280 to saddle/tie |
| his donkey | → | אָתוֹן H0860 she-ass |
| and went | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| with | → | עִם H5973A with |
| the princes | → | שַׂר H8269 ruler |
| of Moab | → | מוֹאָב H4124G Moab |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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