Numbers 22:28

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{ "verseID": "Numbers.22.28", "source": "וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־פִּ֣י הָאָת֑וֹן וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לְבִלְעָם֙ מֶה־עָשִׂ֣יתִֽי לְךָ֔ כִּ֣י הִכִּיתַ֔נִי זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ רְגָלִֽים׃", "text": "And *yiptaḥ* *YHWH* *ʾet*-*pi* the-*ʾaton*, and *tomer* to *Bilʿam*, What-*ʿasiti* to you, that *hikkitani* this *shalosh* *regalim*?", "grammar": { "*yiptaḥ*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he opened", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD", "*pi*": "masculine singular construct - mouth of", "*ʾaton*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the female donkey", "*tomer*": "qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with waw consecutive - and she said", "*Bilʿam*": "proper noun - Balaam", "*ʿasiti*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have done", "*hikkitani*": "hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have struck me", "*shalosh*": "feminine cardinal number - three", "*regalim*": "feminine plural noun - times/feet" }, "variants": { "*yiptaḥ*": "opened/unsealed", "*pi*": "mouth/speech", "*tomer*": "said/spoke", "*hikkitani*": "you have struck me/you have beaten me", "*regalim*": "times/instances/feet (literally 'three feet' as idiom for 'three times')" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־פִּ֣י הָאָת֑וֹן וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לְבִלְעָם֙ מֶה־עָשִׂ֣יתִֽי לְךָ֔ כִּ֣י הִכִּיתַ֔נִי זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ רְגָלִֽים׃

Transliteration

And yiptaḥ YHWH ʾet-pi the-ʾaton, and tomer to Bilʿam, What-ʿasiti to you, that hikkitani this shalosh regalim?

Grammar Details

• *yiptaḥ*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he opened
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *pi*: masculine singular construct - mouth of
• *ʾaton*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the female donkey
• *tomer*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with waw consecutive - and she said
• *Bilʿam*: proper noun - Balaam
• *ʿasiti*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have done
• *hikkitani*: hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have struck me
• *shalosh*: feminine cardinal number - three
• *regalim*: feminine plural noun - times/feet

Word Meanings

• *yiptaḥ*: opened/unsealed
• *pi*: mouth/speech
• *tomer*: said/spoke
• *hikkitani*: you have struck me/you have beaten me
• *regalim*: times/instances/feet (literally 'three feet' as idiom for 'three times')

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and it said to Balaam, 'What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the Lorde opened the mouthe of the asse and she sayed vnto Balam: what haue I done vnto the that thou smytest me this.iij tymes?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then opened the LORDE the mouth of ye Asse, and she sayde vnto Balaam: What haue I done vnto the, that thou hast smytten me now thre tymes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the Lorde opened the mouth of the asse, and she saide vnto Balaam, What haue I done vnto thee, that thou hast smitten me nowe three times?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lorde opened the mouth of the asse, and she sayde vnto Balaam: What haue I done vnto thee, that thou hast smytten me nowe three tymes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah openeth the mouth of the ass, and she saith to Balaam, `What have I done to thee that thou hast smitten me these three times?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the Lord gave the ass the power of talking, and opening her mouth she said to Balaam, What have I done to you that you have given me blows these three times?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,“What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 { "verseID": "2 Peter.2.16", "source": "Ἔλεγξιν δὲ ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας: ὑποζύγιον ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρώπου φωνῇ φθεγξάμενον ἐκώλυσεν τὴν τοῦ προφήτου παραφρονίαν.", "text": "*Elegxin de eschen idias paranomias: hypozygion aphōnon en anthrōpou phōnē phthegxamenon ekōlysen tēn tou prophētou paranian*.", "grammar": { "*Elegxin*": "accusative singular feminine - 'rebuke'", "*de*": "postpositive particle - 'but/and'", "*eschen*": "aorist indicative active, 3rd singular - 'had/received'", "*idias*": "genitive singular feminine - 'of his own'", "*paranomias*": "genitive singular feminine - 'transgression/lawlessness'", "*hypozygion*": "nominative singular neuter - 'beast of burden'", "*aphōnon*": "nominative singular neuter - 'voiceless/dumb'", "*en anthrōpou*": "preposition with genitive singular masculine - 'with of human'", "*phōnē*": "dative singular feminine - 'voice'", "*phthegxamenon*": "aorist middle participle, nominative singular neuter - 'having spoken'", "*ekōlysen*": "aorist indicative active, 3rd singular - 'hindered/restrained'", "*tēn*": "accusative singular feminine article - 'the'", "*tou prophētou*": "genitive singular masculine - 'of the prophet'", "*paranian*": "accusative singular feminine - 'madness'" }, "variants": { "*Elegxin*": "rebuke/reproof/correction", "*eschen*": "had/received/got", "*idias*": "his own/personal/private", "*paranomias*": "transgression/lawlessness/wrongdoing", "*hypozygion*": "beast of burden/donkey/ass", "*aphōnon*": "voiceless/dumb/mute", "*phōnē*": "voice/sound/utterance", "*phthegxamenon*": "having spoken/uttered/made sound", "*ekōlysen*": "hindered/restrained/prevented/forbade", "*prophētou*": "prophet/seer", "*paranian*": "madness/insanity/folly" } }
• Exod 4:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Exodus.4.11", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו מִ֣י שָׂ֣ם פֶּה֮ לָֽאָדָם֒ א֚וֹ מִֽי־יָשׂ֣וּם אִלֵּ֔ם א֣וֹ חֵרֵ֔שׁ א֥וֹ פִקֵּ֖חַ א֣וֹ עִוֵּ֑ר הֲלֹ֥א אָנֹכִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "And *yōʾmer* *YHWH* to-him who *śām* *peh* to-the-*ʾādām* or who-*yāśûm* *ʾillēm* or *ḥērēš* or *piqqēaḥ* or *ʿiwwēr* is-not *ʾānōkî* *YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*yōʾmer*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the divine name", "*śām*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - placed/appointed", "*peh*": "noun, masculine singular - mouth", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/humankind", "*yāśûm*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - makes/appoints", "*ʾillēm*": "adjective, masculine singular - mute/speechless", "*ḥērēš*": "adjective, masculine singular - deaf", "*piqqēaḥ*": "adjective, masculine singular - seeing/sighted", "*ʿiwwēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - blind", "*ʾānōkî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I" }, "variants": { "*śām*": "placed/appointed/made", "*ʾādām*": "man/humankind/person", "*yāśûm*": "makes/appoints/designates" } }
• Luke 1:37 : 37 { "verseID": "Luke.1.37", "source": "Ὅτι οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ πᾶν ῥῆμα.", "text": "For not *adynatēsei* with the *Theō* any *rhēma*.", "grammar": { "*adynatēsei*": "future, active, indicative, 3rd singular - will be impossible", "*Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - God", "*rhēma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - word/saying/matter" }, "variants": { "*adynatēsei*": "will be impossible/powerless", "*rhēma*": "word/saying/matter/thing" } }
• Rom 8:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Romans.8.22", "source": "Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις συστενάζει καὶ συνωδίνει ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν.", "text": "*Oidamen gar hoti pasa hē ktisis systenazei kai synōdinei achri tou nyn*.", "grammar": { "*Oidamen*": "perfect active indicative 1st person plural - we know", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*pasa*": "nominative feminine singular - all/whole", "*hē ktisis*": "nominative feminine singular - the creation", "*systenazei*": "present active indicative 3rd person singular - groans together", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*synōdinei*": "present active indicative 3rd person singular - suffers birth pains together", "*achri*": "preposition with genitive - until", "*tou nyn*": "genitive - the present" }, "variants": { "*Oidamen*": "we know/understand [perfect - completed action with continuing results]", "*pasa*": "all/whole/entire", "*systenazei*": "groans together/joins in groaning", "*synōdinei*": "suffers birth pains together/travails together", "*achri tou nyn*": "until now/up to the present" } }
• 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.19", "source": "Γέγραπται γάρ, Ἀπολῶ τὴν σοφίαν τῶν σοφῶν, καὶ τὴν σύνεσιν τῶν συνετῶν ἀθετήσω.", "text": "It has been *gegraptai gar*, I will *apolō* the *sophian* of the *sophōn*, and the *synesin* of the *synetōn* I will *athetēsō*.", "grammar": { "*gegraptai*": "verb, perfect, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - it has been written", "*gar*": "conjunction - for/because", "*apolō*": "verb, future, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I will destroy", "*sophian*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - wisdom", "*sophōn*": "adjective, genitive, masculine, plural - of wise ones", "*synesin*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - understanding/intelligence", "*synetōn*": "adjective, genitive, masculine, plural - of prudent/intelligent ones", "*athetēsō*": "verb, future, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I will set aside/nullify" }, "variants": { "*gegraptai*": "has been written/is written/stands written", "*apolō*": "will destroy/will ruin/will put to an end", "*sophian*": "wisdom/skill/intelligence", "*sophōn*": "wise ones/sages/skilled persons", "*synesin*": "understanding/intelligence/insight/discernment", "*synetōn*": "intelligent ones/discerning ones/prudent ones", "*athetēsō*": "will set aside/will nullify/will reject/will bring to nothing" } }