Numbers 22:20
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בִּלְעָם
Bilʻâm
Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Key Terms in This Verse
קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
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 the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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