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And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 1
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 2
בָּלָ֔קba.LakBalak
Lemma: בָּלָק (ba.laq) · Strong's: H1111
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Balak
Used 43 times. Also: Numbers 22:2, Numbers 22:4, Numbers 22:7, Numbers 22:10, Numbers 22:13, Numbers 22:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1111; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 3
הִתְיַצֵּ֥בhit.ya.Tzevtake your stand
Lemma: יָצַב (ya.tsav) · Strong's: H3320
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVtv2ms)
Meaning: to stand
Used 48 times. Also: Exodus 2:4, Exodus 8:20, Exodus 9:13, Exodus 14:13, Exodus 19:17, Exodus 34:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3320; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 4
כֹּ֖הkohthus
Lemma: כֹּה (koh) · Strong's: H3541
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: thus
Used 576 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 31:8, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 32:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3541; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 5
עַל\־'al-with
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 6
עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ'o.la.Te.khaburnt offering your
Lemma: עֹלָה (o.lah) · Strong's: H5930A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: burnt offering
Used 286 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5930A; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 7
וְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.Khiand I
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 8
אִקָּ֥רֶה'i.Ka.rehI will meet
Lemma: קָרָה (qa.rah) · Strong's: H7136A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNi1cs)
Meaning: to meet
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 24:12, Genesis 27:20, Genesis 42:29, Genesis 44:29, Exodus 3:18, Numbers 11:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7136A; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 9
כֹּֽה\׃Kohthus
Lemma: כֹּה (koh) · Strong's: H3541
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: thus
Used 576 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 31:8, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 32:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3541; TAHOT Numbers 23:15 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Balaam said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Balak | → | בָּלָק H1111 Balak |
| Stay | → | יָצַב H3320 to stand |
| here | → | כֹּה H3541 thus |
| beside | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| your burnt offering | → | עֹלָה H5930A burnt offering |
| while I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| meet [the LORD] | → | קָרָה H7136A to meet |
| over there | → | כֹּה H3541 thus |
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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