Numbers 23:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Then the LORDיְהוָה֙
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
metוַיִּקָּ֤ר
(vai·yik·kar)
7136a: to encounter, meet, befalla prim. root
Balaamבִּלְעָ֔ם
(bil·'am,)
1109a: a prophetfrom bala
and putוַיָּ֥שֶׂם
(vai·ya·sem)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
a wordדָּבָ֖ר
(da·var)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
in his mouthבְּפִ֑יו
(be·fiv;)
6310: moutha prim. root
and said,וַיֹּ֛אמֶר
(vai·yo·mer)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
"Returnשׁ֥וּב
(shuv)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
to Balak,בָּלָ֖ק
(ba·lak)
1111: "devastator," a Moabite kingfrom balaq
and thusוְכֹ֥ה
(ve·choh)
3541: thus, herea prim. adverb
you shall speak."תְדַבֵּֽר׃
(te·dab·ber.)
1696: to speaka prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
met
qarah  (kaw-raw')
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
Balaam
Bil`am  (bil-awm')
not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine -- Balaam, Bileam.
and put
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
a word
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
in his mouth
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
and said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Go again
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
unto Balak
Balaq  (baw-lawk')
waster; Balak, a Moabitish king -- Balak.
and say
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
thus
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

King James Bible
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said, "Return to Balak and say what I tell you."

International Standard Version
Then the LORD met with Balaam and gave a message to him. "Now go back to Balak and speak to him."

NET Bible
Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD came to Balaam and told him, "Go back to Balak, and give him my message."

King James 2000 Bible
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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