בְּיָד֑וֹ in his hand . bə·yā·ḏōw וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ And Balaam bowed low way·yiš·ta·ḥū וַיִּקֹּ֥ד . . . way·yiq·qōḏ לְאַפָּֽיו׃ and fell facedown . lə·’ap·pāw Numbers 22:32 מַלְאַ֣ךְ The angel mal·’aḵ יְהוָ֔ה of YHWH Yah·weh וַיֹּ֤אמֶר asked him , way·yō·mer אֵלָיו֙ . . . ’ê·lāw עַל־ “ Why ‘al- מָ֗ה . . . māh הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ have you beaten hik·kî·ṯā אֶת־ - ’eṯ- אֲתֹ֣נְךָ֔ your donkey ’ă·ṯō·nə·ḵā זֶ֖ה these zeh שָׁל֣וֹשׁ three šā·lō·wōš רְגָלִ֑ים times ? rə·ḡā·lîm הִנֵּ֤ה Behold , hin·nêh אָנֹכִי֙ I ’ā·nō·ḵî יָצָ֣אתִי have come out yā·ṣā·ṯî לְשָׂטָ֔ן to oppose you , lə·śā·ṭān כִּֽי־ because kî- הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ your way had·de·reḵ יָרַ֥ט is perverse yā·raṭ לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃ before me . lə·neḡ·dî Numbers 22:33 הָֽאָת֔וֹן The donkey hā·’ā·ṯō·wn וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ saw me wat·tir·’a·nî וַתֵּ֣ט and turned away wat·têṭ לְפָנַ֔י from me lə·p̄ā·nay זֶ֖ה these zeh שָׁלֹ֣שׁ three šā·lōš רְגָלִ֑ים times . rə·ḡā·lîm אוּלַי֙ If she had not ’ū·lay נָטְתָ֣ה turned away nā·ṭə·ṯāh מִפָּנַ֔י - , mip·pā·nay עַתָּ֛ה then by now ‘at·tāh גַּם־ . . . gam- כִּ֥י vvv kî הָרַ֖גְתִּי I would surely have killed hā·raḡ·tî אֹתְכָ֥ה you ’ō·ṯə·ḵāh וְאוֹתָ֥הּ and {let} her wə·’ō·w·ṯāh הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ live . ” he·ḥĕ·yê·ṯî Numbers 22:34 חָטָ֔אתִי “ I have sinned , ” ḥā·ṭā·ṯî בִּלְעָ֜ם Balaam bil·‘ām וַיֹּ֨אמֶר said way·yō·mer אֶל־ to ’el- מַלְאַ֤ךְ the angel mal·’aḵ יְהוָה֙ of YHWH , Yah·weh כִּ֚י “ for kî לֹ֣א I did not lō יָדַ֔עְתִּי realize yā·ḏa‘·tî כִּ֥י that kî אַתָּ֛ה you ’at·tāh נִצָּ֥ב were standing niṣ·ṣāḇ בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ in the road bad·dā·reḵ לִקְרָאתִ֖י to confront me . liq·rā·ṯî וְעַתָּ֛ה And now , wə·‘at·tāh אִם־ if ’im- רַ֥ע this is displeasing ra‘ בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ in your sight , bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā אָשׁ֥וּבָה I will go back ’ā·šū·ḇāh לִּֽי׃ [home] . ” lî Numbers 22:35 מַלְאַ֨ךְ But the angel mal·’aḵ יְהוָ֜ה of YHWH Yah·weh וַיֹּאמֶר֩ said way·yō·mer אֶל־ to ’el- בִּלְעָ֗ם Balaam , bil·‘ām לֵ֚ךְ “ Go lêḵ עִם־ with ‘im- הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים the men , hā·’ă·nā·šîm אֲדַבֵּ֥ר but you are to speak ’ă·ḏab·bêr אֵלֶ֖יךָ . . . ’ê·le·ḵā אֹת֣וֹ - ’ō·ṯōw וְאֶ֗פֶס only wə·’e·p̄es אֶת־ - ’eṯ- הַדָּבָ֛ר - had·dā·ḇār אֲשֶׁר־ what ’ă·šer- תְדַבֵּ֑ר I tell you . ” ṯə·ḏab·bêr בִּלְעָ֖ם So Balaam bil·‘ām וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ went way·yê·leḵ עִם־ with ‘im- שָׂרֵ֥י the princes śā·rê בָלָֽק׃ of Balak . ḇā·lāq Numbers 22:36 בָּלָ֖ק When Balak bā·lāq וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע heard way·yiš·ma‘ כִּ֣י that kî

