הֲלֹ֗א “ Did I not hă·lō דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי tell you that dib·bar·tî אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ . . . ’ê·le·ḵā לֵאמֹ֔ר . . . lê·mōr כֹּ֛ל whatever kōl אֲשֶׁר־ - ’ă·šer- יְהוָ֖ה YHWH Yah·weh אֹת֥וֹ - ’ō·ṯōw יְדַבֵּ֥ר says , yə·ḏab·bêr אֶֽעֱשֶֽׂה׃ I must do ? ” ’e·‘ĕ·śeh Numbers 23:27 נָּא֙ “ Please nā לְכָה־ come , ” lə·ḵāh- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר said way·yō·mer בָּלָק֙ Balak bā·lāq אֶל־ - ’el- בִּלְעָ֔ם - , bil·‘ām אֶקָּ֣חֲךָ֔ “ I will take ’eq·qā·ḥă·ḵā אֶל־ you to ’el- אַחֵ֑ר another ’a·ḥêr מָק֖וֹם place . mā·qō·wm אוּלַ֤י Perhaps ’ū·lay יִישַׁר֙ it will please yî·šar בְּעֵינֵ֣י . . . bə·‘ê·nê הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים God hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm וְקַבֹּ֥תוֹ that you curse them wə·qab·bō·ṯōw לִ֖י for me lî מִשָּֽׁם׃ from there . ” miš·šām Numbers 23:28 בָּלָ֖ק And Balak bā·lāq אֶת־ - ’eṯ- וַיִּקַּ֥ח took way·yiq·qaḥ בִּלְעָ֑ם Balaam bil·‘ām רֹ֣אשׁ to the top rōš הַפְּע֔וֹר of Peor , hap·pə·‘ō·wr הַנִּשְׁקָ֖ף which overlooks han·niš·qāp̄ עַל־ . . . ‘al- פְּנֵ֥י . . . pə·nê הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃ the wasteland . hay·šî·mōn Numbers 23:29 בִּלְעָם֙ Then Balaam bil·‘ām אֶל־ . . . ’el- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר said way·yō·mer בָּלָ֔ק - , 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 23:30 בָּלָ֔ק So Balak bā·lāq וַיַּ֣עַשׂ did way·ya·‘aś כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר as ka·’ă·šer בִּלְעָ֑ם Balaam bil·‘ām אָמַ֣ר had instructed , ’ā·mar וַיַּ֛עַל and he offered way·ya·‘al פָּ֥ר a bull pār וָאַ֖יִל and a ram wā·’a·yil בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ on each altar . bam·miz·bê·aḥ Numbers 24:1 בִּלְעָ֗ם And when Balaam bil·‘ām וַיַּ֣רְא saw way·yar כִּ֣י that kî ט֞וֹב it pleased ṭō·wḇ בְּעֵינֵ֤י . . . bə·‘ê·nê יְהוָה֙ YHWH Yah·weh לְבָרֵ֣ךְ to bless lə·ḇā·rêḵ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Israel , yiś·rā·’êl וְלֹא־ he did not wə·lō- הָלַ֥ךְ resort hā·laḵ נְחָשִׁ֑ים to sorcery nə·ḥā·šîm כְּפַֽעַם־ as on previous occasions kə·p̄a·‘am- בְּפַ֖עַם . . . bə·p̄a·‘am לִקְרַ֣את . . . , liq·raṯ וַיָּ֥שֶׁת but he turned way·yā·šeṯ פָּנָֽיו׃ his face pā·nāw אֶל־ toward ’el- הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר the wilderness . ham·miḏ·bār Numbers 24:2 בִלְעָ֜ם When Balaam ḇil·‘ām

