H9002–/וְ–v

And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height.

וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “so”וּדְבַ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”

And God met Balaam; and he said unto Him: 'I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.'

וָאַ֖יִל (וָ) va. “and”

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.'

וְכֹ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took up his parable, and said: From Aram Balak bringeth me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: 'Come, curse me Jacob, and come, execrate Israel.'

וּלְכָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom the LORD hath not execrated?

וּמָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine end be like his!

וּמִסְפָּ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”וּתְהִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And Balak said unto Balaam: 'What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.'

וְהִנֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Balak said unto him: 'Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.'

וְכֻלּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָבְנוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

וָאַ֖יִל (וָ) va. “and”

And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'

וְאָנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.'

וְכֹ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'

וְהִנּ֤וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:

וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (וּֽ) u. “and”

God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?

וִֽיכַזֵּ֔ב (וִֽ) vi. “so”וּבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.

וּבֵרֵ֖ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shouting for the King is among them.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְרוּעַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath God wrought!'

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, and as a lion doth he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

וְכַאֲרִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'

וְהָכֵ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

וָאַ֖יִל (וָ) va. “and”

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eye is opened;

וּנְאֻ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:

וּגְל֥וּי (וּ) u. “and”