H9002–/וְ–v

Peoples will be in fear before his strength, his arm will be on great nations: his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom made great in honour.

וְזַרְע֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָרֹ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖א (וְ) ve. “so”

It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.

וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְחִצָּ֥יו (וְ) ve. “and”

He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

וּכְלָבִ֖יא (וּ) u. “and”וְאֹרְרֶ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.

וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?

וְזָהָב֒ (וְ) ve. “and”

So now I will go back to my people: but first let me make clear to you what this people will do to your people in days to come.

וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he went on with his story and said, These are the words of Balaam, the son of Beor, the words of him whose eyes are open:

וּנְאֻ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

He says, whose ear is open to the words of God, who has knowledge of the Most High, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down and having his eyes open:

וְיֹדֵ֖עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְל֥וּי (וּ) u. “and”

I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְקַרְקַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.

וְיֵ֖רְדְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.

וְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your living-place, and your secret place is safe in the rock.

וְשִׂ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

But ships will come from the direction of Kittim, troubling Asshur and troubling Eber, and like the others their fate will be destruction.

וְצִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Balaam got up and went back to his place: and Balak went away.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel.

וְהוֹקַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשֹׁ֛ב (וְ) ve. “so”

Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting.

וְהִנֵּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְעֵינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵ֣מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.

וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.

וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Now the man of Israel who was put to death with the woman of Midian was Zimri, the son of Salu, a chief of one of the families of the Simeonites.

וְשֵׁם֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the woman of Midian who was put to death was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was the head of a family in Midian.

וְשֵׁ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”