H9002–/וְ–v

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.

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

And God met Balaam; and [ergänzt: Balaam] said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [ergänzt: each] altar.

וָאַ֖יִל (וָ) va. “and”

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

וְכֹ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing 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, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!

וּלְכָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

וּמָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, [ergänzt: 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 can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!

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

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

וְהִנֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity 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 to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [ergänzt: each] altar.

וָאַ֖יִל (וָ) va. “and”

And [ergänzt: Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.

וְאָנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

וְכֹ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?

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

Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (וּֽ) u. “and”

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and 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 have received [ergänzt: mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

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

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.

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

For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

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

Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

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

And Balaam said to 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 each altar.

וָאַ֖יִל (וָ) va. “and”

And Balaam saw that it was good in the sight of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

וּנְאֻ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

He saith, who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, who falleth down, and who hath his eyes open:

וּגְל֥וּי (וּ) u. “and”