Numbers 22:18
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בִּלְעָם
Bilʻâm
Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עֵבֶר
ʻêber
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning ...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
מָעַט
mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָעַט mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Study H4591 →עֵבֶר ʻêber
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
Study H5676 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →Cross References
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
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