and — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)בִּלְעָ֗ם
Bilʻâm
Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestineכִּ֣י
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedט֞וֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest senseבְּעֵינֵ֤י
ʻayin
in/with/by — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of Godלְבָרֵ֣ךְ
bârak
to/for — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityוְלֹא
lôʼ
and — not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particlesהָלַ֥ךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)כְּפַֽעַם
paʻam
like/as — a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)בְּפַ֖עַם
paʻam
in/with/by — a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)לִקְרַ֣את
qirʼâh
to/for — an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)נְחָשִׁ֑ים
nachash
an incantation or auguryוַיָּ֥שֶׁת
shîyth
and — to place (in a very wide application)אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, toהַמִּדְבָּ֖ר
midbâr
the — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)פָּנָֽיו
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Numbers 24:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to seek omens and signs [in the natural world], but he set his face toward the wilderness (desert).
By the third oracle, Balaam stops even setting up the usual omen-reading altars - he just looks at Israel's camp and the Spirit of God comes on him directly. The mechanics of divination he was hired for get bypassed entirely by the third time.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to seek omens and signs [in the natural world], but he set his face toward the wilderness (desert).”
By the third oracle, Balaam stops even setting up the usual omen-reading altars - he just looks at Israel's camp and the Spirit of God comes on him directly. The mechanics of divination he was hired for get bypassed entirely by the third time.