Revised Literal Translation

Numbers 23:25-28

25And Balakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Balaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109,Neither curseH5344them at allH6895,nor blessבָּרֵ֖ךְba.RekhH1288them at allתְבָרֲכֶֽנּוּ׃te.va.ra.Khe.nuH1288.

26But Balaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109answeredוַיַּ֣עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Balakבָּלָ֑קba.LakH1111,Toldדִּבַּ֤רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696not I thee, sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,all that Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068speakethיְדַבֵּ֥רye.da.BerH1696,that I must doאֶֽעֱשֶֽׂה׃'E.'e.SehH6213?

27And Balakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Balaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109,ComeH3212,I pray thee, I will bringאֶקָּ֣חֲךָ֔'e.Ka.cha.khaH3947thee unto anotherאַחֵ֑ר'a.CherH312placeמָק֖וֹםma.KomH4725;peradventure it will pleaseיִישַׁר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣יyi.Shar be.'ei.NeiH5869 H3474Godהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430that thou mayest curseוְקַבֹּ֥תוֹve.ka.Bo.tovH6895me them from thence.

28And Balakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111broughtוַיִּקַּ֥חvai.yi.KachH3947Balaamבִּלְעָ֑םbil.'AmH1109unto the topרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218of Peorהַפְּע֔וֹרha.pe.'orH6465,that lookethהַנִּשְׁקָ֖ףha.nish.KafH8259towardפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440Jeshimonהַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃hay.shi.MonH3452.

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