Category Archives: 4. במדבר

וַיִּקָּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם וַיָּ֥שֶׂם דָּבָ֖ר בְּפִ֑יו וַיֹּ֛אמֶר שׁ֥וּב אֶל־בָּלָ֖ק וְכֹ֥ה תְדַבֵּֽר׃ And YHWH met Bilʿam and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balaq, and thus you shall speak.”   Morphology וַיִּקָּ֤ר (vayyiqar) – Root: קרה (qarah); … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־בָּלָ֔ק הִתְיַצֵּ֥ב כֹּ֖ה עַל־עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִקָּ֥רֶה כֹּֽה׃ And he said to Balaq, “Stand here by your burnt offering, and I will go there.”   Morphology וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ (vayyoʾmer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with … Continue reading →

וַיִּקָּחֵ֨הוּ֙ שְׂדֵ֣ה צֹפִ֔ים אֶל־רֹ֖אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה וַיִּ֨בֶן֙ שִׁבְעָ֣ה מִזְבְּחֹ֔ת וַיַּ֛עַל פָּ֥ר וָאַ֖יִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ And he took him to the field of Tsofim, to the top of Pisga, and he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on the … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו בָּלָ֗ק לֵךְ־נָּ֨א אִתִּ֜י אֶל־מָקֹ֤ום אַחֵר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְאֶ֣נּוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם אֶ֚פֶס קָצֵ֣הוּ תִרְאֶ֔ה וְכֻלֹּ֖ו לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה וְקָבְנֹו־לִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם׃ And Balaq said to him, “Come now with me to another place, from where you may see them. You will see only … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֖עַן וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הֲלֹ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֤ים יְהוָה֙ בְּפִ֔י אֹתֹ֥ו אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר לְדַבֵּֽר׃ And he answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which YHWH puts in my mouth?”   Morphology וַיַּ֖עַן (vayaʿan) – Root: ענה (ʿanah); Form: Qal … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר בָּלָק֙ אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם מֶ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתָ לִ֑י לָקֹ֤ב אֹיְבַי֙ לְקַחְתִּ֔יךָ וְהִנֵּ֖ה בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ בָרֵֽךְ׃ Then Balaq said to Bilʿam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether!”   Morphology וַיֹּ֤אמֶר … Continue reading →

מִ֤י מָנָה֙ עֲפַ֣ר יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּמִסְפָּ֖ר אֶת־רֹ֣בַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁי֙ מֹ֣ות יְשָׁרִ֔ים וּתְהִ֥י אַחֲרִיתִ֖י כָּמֹֽהוּ׃ Who can count the dust of Yaʿaqov, or number the fourth part of Yisra’el? Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֤אשׁ צֻרִים֙ אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ וּמִגְּבָעֹ֖ות אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ הֶן־עָם֙ לְבָדָ֣ד יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן וּבַגֹּויִ֖ם לֹ֥א יִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃ For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Behold, a people dwelling alone, and they shall not be reckoned among … Continue reading →

מָ֣ה אֶקֹּ֔ב לֹ֥א קַבֹּ֖ה אֵ֑ל וּמָ֣ה אֶזְעֹ֔ם לֹ֥א זָעַ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom YHWH has not denounced?   Morphology מָ֣ה (mah) – Root: מה (mah); Form: Interrogative pronoun; … Continue reading →

וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁלֹ֖ו וַיֹּאמַ֑ר מִן־֠אֲרָם יַנְחֵ֨נִי בָלָ֤ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מֹואָב֙ מֵֽהַרְרֵי־קֶ֔דֶם לְכָה֙ אָֽרָה־לִּ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּלְכָ֖ה זֹעֲמָ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ And he took up his parable and said, “From Aram Balaq, king of Mo’av, brought me, from the mountains of the east: ‘Come, curse Yaʿaqov for … Continue reading →