Numbers 22:32

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And the

מֲלְאָךְ

mălʼâk

H4397

a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto him

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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hast thou

נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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thine

חֲמוֹר

chămôwr

H2543

a male ass (from its dun red)

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these

שָׁלוֹשׁ

shâlôwsh

H7969

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

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פַּעַם

paʻam

H6471

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

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רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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I

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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out to

עָמַד

ʻâmad

H5975

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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thee

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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thy

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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is

עִקֵּשׁ

ʻiqqêsh

H6141

distorted; hence, false

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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me

Key Terms in This Verse

withstand H5975

עָמַד ʻâmad

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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perverse H6141

עִקֵּשׁ ʻiqqêsh

distorted; hence, false

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smitten H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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ass H2543

חֲמוֹר chămôwr

a male ass (from its dun red)

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times H6471

פַּעַם paʻam

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

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angel H4397

מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk

a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

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Wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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three H7969

שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

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way H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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because H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:18 cross-reference

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Numbers 22:22 cross-reference

And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

Acts 13:10 cross-reference

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

Proverbs 28:6 cross-reference

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Proverbs 14:2 cross-reference

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Deuteronomy 25:4 cross-reference

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

Psalm 36:6 cross-reference

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

Psalm 147:9 cross-reference

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Deuteronomy 23:4 cross-reference

Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

Numbers 22:28 cross-reference

And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

Numbers 22:20 cross-reference

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.

Micah 6:5 cross-reference

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

Psalm 145:9 cross-reference

The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Jonah 4:11 cross-reference

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Numbers 22:35 cross-reference

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.

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