Numbers

Numbers 23:4

⁴and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and God	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
met	וַיִּקָּ֥ר	way·yiq·qār	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7136 encounter, meet, befall
with	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
him	בִּלְעָ֑ם	bil·‘ām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1109 Balaam
I have set up	עָרַ֔כְתִּי	‘ā·raḵ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6186 arrange or set in order
seven	שִׁבְעַ֤ת	šiḇ·‘aṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H7651 seven
altars	הַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת֙	ham·miz·bə·ḥōṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4196 altar
Balaam said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
and on each altar	בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃	bam·miz·bê·aḥ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
I have offered	וָאַ֛עַל	wā·’a·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
a bull	פָּ֥ר	pār	Noun - masculine singular	H6499 young bull, steer
and a ram	וָאַ֖יִל	wā·’a·yil	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H352 ram

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.