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Numbers 22:5-7

5Hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֜יםmal.'a.KhimH4397therefore toBalaamבִּלְעָ֣םbil.'AmH1109thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBeorבְּע֗וֹרbe.'orH1160toPethorפְּ֠תוֹרָהPe.to.rahH6604, which is by theriverהַנָּהָ֛רha.na.HarH5104of thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of thechildrenבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121of hispeopleעַמּ֖וֹa.MoH5971, tocallלִקְרֹא־lik.ro'-H7121him,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Behold, there hast apeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971comeoutיָצָ֤אya.Tza'H3318fromEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714: behold, theycoverכִסָּה֙khi.SahH3680thefaceעֵ֣ין'einH5869of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and theyabideיֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevH3427oppositetoמִמֻּלִֽי׃mi.mu.LiH4136me:

6ComeH3212now therefore, I pray thee,curseאָֽרָה־'a.rah-H779for me thispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971; for they are toomightyעָצ֥וּם'a.TzumH6099for me: perhaps I shallprevailאוּכַל֙'u.KhalH3201, that we maysmiteנַכֶּה־na.keh-H5221them, and that I may drive themoutוַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּva.'a.ga.re.She.nuH1644of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: for Iknowיָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that he whom thoublessestתְּבָרֵךְ֙te.va.reKhH1288isblessedמְבֹרָ֔ךְme.vo.RakhH1288, and he whom thoucursestתָּאֹ֖רta.'OrH779iscursedיוּאָֽר׃yu.'ArH779.

7And theeldersזִקְנֵ֤יzik.NeiH2205ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124and theeldersוְזִקְנֵ֣יve.zik.NeiH2205ofMidianמִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanH4080departedH3212with the rewards ofdivinationוּקְסָמִ֖יםu.ke.sa.MimH7081in theirhandבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027; and theycameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935toBalaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109, andspokeוַיְדַבְּר֥וּvay.da.be.RuH1696to him thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofBalakבָלָֽק׃va.LakH1111.

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