Deuteronomy 23:4
because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פְּתוֹרPᵉthôwrPethor, a place in Mesopotamia
- אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִםʼĂram NahărayimAram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia
- בְּעוֹרBᵉʻôwrBeor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam
- שָׂכַרsâkarto hire
- קָדַםqâdamto project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
- בִּלְעָםBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.