Numbers 22:29
and Balaam saith to the ass, 'Because thou hast rolled thyself against me; oh that there were a sword in my hand, for now I had slain thee;'This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- עָלַלʻâlalto effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad
- לוּאlûwʼa conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
- אָתוֹןʼâthôwna female donkey (from its docility)
- בִּלְעָםBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
- יֵשׁyêshthere is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.