אֶל־ to ’el- בָּלָ֔ק Balak , bā·lāq בְּנֵה־ “ Build bə·nêh- לִ֥י for me lî שִׁבְעָ֣ה seven šiḇ·‘āh מִזְבְּחֹ֑ת altars miz·bə·ḥōṯ בָזֶ֖ה here , ḇā·zeh וְהָכֵ֥ן and prepare wə·hā·ḵên לִי֙ for me lî בָּזֶ֔ה . . . bā·zeh שִׁבְעָ֥ה seven šiḇ·‘āh פָרִ֖ים bulls p̄ā·rîm וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה and seven wə·šiḇ·‘āh אֵילִֽים׃ rams . ” ’ê·lîm Numbers 23:2 בָּלָ֔ק So Balak bā·lāq וַיַּ֣עַשׂ did way·ya·‘aś כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר as ka·’ă·šer בִּלְעָ֑ם Balaam bil·‘ām דִּבֶּ֣ר had instructed , dib·ber בָּלָ֧ק and Balak bā·lāq וּבִלְעָ֛ם and Balaam ū·ḇil·‘ām וַיַּ֨עַל offered way·ya·‘al פָּ֥ר a bull pār וָאַ֖יִל and a ram wā·’a·yil בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ on each altar . bam·miz·bê·aḥ Numbers 23:3 הִתְיַצֵּב֮ “ Stay hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ עַל־ here by ‘al- עֹלָתֶךָ֒ your burnt offering ‘ō·lā·ṯe·ḵā וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה while I am gone , ” wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh בִּלְעָ֜ם Balaam bil·‘ām וַיֹּ֨אמֶר said way·yō·mer לְבָלָ֗ק to Balak . lə·ḇā·lāq אוּלַ֞י “ Perhaps ’ū·lay יִקָּרֵ֤ה . . . yiq·qā·rêh יְהוָה֙ YHWH Yah·weh לִקְרָאתִ֔י will meet with me . liq·rā·ṯî וּדְבַ֥ר . . . ū·ḏə·ḇar מַה־ And whatever mah- יַּרְאֵ֖נִי He reveals to me , yar·’ê·nî וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי I will tell wə·hig·gaḏ·tî לָ֑ךְ you . ” lāḵ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ So [Balaam] went off way·yê·leḵ שֶֽׁפִי׃ to a barren height , še·p̄î Numbers 23:4 אֱלֹהִ֖ים and God ’ĕ·lō·hîm וַיִּקָּ֥ר met way·yiq·qār אֶל־ with ’el- בִּלְעָ֑ם him . bil·‘ām עָרַ֔כְתִּי “ I have set up ‘ā·raḵ·tî שִׁבְעַ֤ת seven šiḇ·‘aṯ הַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת֙ altars , ” ham·miz·bə·ḥōṯ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר Balaam said way·yō·mer אֵלָ֗יו - ’ê·lāw אֶת־ - , ’eṯ- בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ “ and on each altar bam·miz·bê·aḥ וָאַ֛עַל I have offered wā·’a·‘al פָּ֥ר a bull pār וָאַ֖יִל and a ram . ” wā·’a·yil Numbers 23:5 יְהוָ֛ה Then YHWH Yah·weh וַיָּ֧שֶׂם put way·yā·śem דָּבָ֖ר a message dā·ḇār בִלְעָ֑ם in Balaam’s ḇil·‘ām בְּפִ֣י mouth , bə·p̄î וַיֹּ֛אמֶר saying , way·yō·mer שׁ֥וּב “ Return šūḇ אֶל־ to ’el- בָּלָ֖ק Balak bā·lāq וְכֹ֥ה and wə·ḵōh תְדַבֵּֽר׃ give him this message . ” ṯə·ḏab·bêr Numbers 23:6 וַיָּ֣שָׁב So he returned way·yā·šāḇ אֵלָ֔יו to Balak , ’ê·lāw ה֖וּא who hū נִצָּ֖ב was standing niṣ·ṣāḇ וְהִנֵּ֥ה there wə·hin·nêh עַל־ beside ‘al- עֹלָת֑וֹ his burnt offering , ‘ō·lā·ṯōw וְכָל־ with all wə·ḵāl שָׂרֵ֥י the princes śā·rê מוֹאָֽב׃ of Moab . mō·w·’āḇ Numbers 23:7 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א And Balaam lifted up way·yiś·śā מְשָׁל֖וֹ an oracle , mə·šā·lōw וַיֹּאמַ֑ר saying : way·yō·mar בָלָ֤ק “ Balak ḇā·lāq

