Numbers

Numbers 22:16

¹⁶They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They came	וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Balaam	בִּלְעָ֑ם	bil·‘ām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1109 Balaam
and said	וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
This is what	כֹּ֤ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
Balak	בָּלָ֣ק	bā·lāq	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1111 Balak
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Zippor	צִפּ֔וֹר	ṣip·pō·wr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6834 Tsippor
says	אָמַר֙	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Please	נָ֥א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
let nothing	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
hinder	תִמָּנַ֖ע	ṯim·mā·na‘	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H4513 withhold, hold back
you from coming	מֵהֲלֹ֥ךְ	mê·hă·lōḵ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
to me	אֵלָֽי׃	’ê·lāy	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.