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Numbers 24— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 24. 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 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 24:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְעַתָּ֖הveatahand thereforeH6258בְּרַח־berach-fleeH1272לְךָ֣lekhafor <the> yourselfאֶל־ʾel-toH413מְקוֹמֶ֑ךָmekomechaplace yourH4725אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ʾamartiI saidH559כַּבֵּ֣דkabedsurely <honor>H3513אֲכַבֶּדְךָ֔ʾakhabedkhaI will honor youH3513וְהִנֵּ֛הvehinehand here!H2009מְנָעֲךָ֥menaakhahe has withheld youH4513יְהוָ֖הyahwehYahwehH3068מִכָּבֽוֹד׃mikavodfrom honorH3519

Sforno on Numbers 24:11

SfornoItaly, c. 1475–1550· Commentary
ברח לך, the use of the word ברח does not refer to escape from a pursuer, but refers to abandoning a certain place because of fear of what might happen there in the future.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

Numbers 24:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559בִּלְעָ֖םbilamBalaamH1109אֶל־ʾel-toH413בָּלָ֑קbalakBalakH1111הֲלֹ֗אhalo'¿ notH3808גַּ֧םgamalsoH1571אֶל־ʾel-toH413מַלְאָכֶ֛יךָmalakheikhamessengers yourH4397אֲשֶׁר־ʾasher-whomH834שָׁלַ֥חְתָּshalachtayou sentH7971אֵלַ֖יʾelaito meH413דִּבַּ֥רְתִּיdibartidid I speakH1696לֵאמֹֽר׃lemor<to> sayingH559

Ramban on Numbers 24:12

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
[AND BALAAM SAID UNTO BALAK]: ‘SPOKE I NOT ALSO TO THY MESSENGERS ETC.?’ Balaam was now defending himself on the basis of what he had told Balak’s messengers when they came back to him, before he knew what the Eternal would speak unto him more; 225 Above,:19.

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

Numbers 24:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְעַתָּ֕הveatahand nowH6258הִנְנִ֥יhinihere IH2005הוֹלֵ֖ךְholekh[am] about to goH1980לְעַמִּ֑יleamito people myH5971לְכָה֙lekhahcome !H1980אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔ʾiatzekhaI will advise youH3289אֲשֶׁ֨רʾasher[that] whichH834יַעֲשֶׂ֜הyaasehit will doH6213הָעָ֥םhaamthe peopleH5971הַזֶּ֛הhazeh<the> thisH2088לְעַמְּךָ֖leamekhato people yourH5971בְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbeacharitat [the] end ofH319הַיָּמִֽים׃haiyamimthe daysH3117

Ramban on Numbers 24:14

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Since Balaam wanted to tell [Balak] about the punishment [that would befall] his people, as it is written, and he shall smite through the corners of Moab, 227 Further 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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