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An Angel Appears to Balaam

Numberschapter 22

41 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Numbers 22— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 22. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 39 of 54

חֻקַּת Chukat, Numbers 19:1 to 22:1

Read with it: Judges 11:1 to 11:33.

Weekly portion 40 of 54

בָּלָק Balak, Numbers 22:2 to 25:9

Read with it: Micah 5:6 to 6:8.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Numbers 22:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיָּ֤קָםvaiyakomand he aroseH6965בִּלְעָם֙bilamBalaamH1109בַּבֹּ֔קֶרbabokerin the morningH1242וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vaiyomerand he saidH559אֶל־ʾel-toH413שָׂרֵ֣יsarei[the] leaders ofH8269בָלָ֔קvalakBalakH1111לְכ֖וּlekhugoH1980אֶֽל־ʾel-toH413אַרְצְכֶ֑םʾartzekhemland yourH776כִּ֚יkiforH3588מֵאֵ֣ןmeenhe has refusedH3985יְהוָ֔הyahwehYahwehH3068לְתִתִּ֖יletitito permit meH5414לַהֲלֹ֥ךְlahalokhto goH1980עִמָּכֶֽם׃ʾimakhemwith youH5973

Ramban on Numbers 22:13

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
[AND BALAAM ROSE UP IN THE MORNING, AND SAID] UNTO THE PRINCES OF BALAK. According to the opinion of Rashi. Above, in Verse. the elders of Midian had left [Balaam] when he told them, Lodge here this night. Verse.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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