Numbers 22:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֛י הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה עִמָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

wə-yābōʾ ʾĕlōhîm to-bilʿām wə-yōʾmer who the-ʾănāšîm the-ʾēlleh with-you

Grammar Details

• *wə-yābōʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he came
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural - God
• *bilʿām*: proper noun - Balaam
• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾănāšîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the men
• *ʾēlleh*: plural demonstrative - these

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (grammatically plural but typically referring to the singular God)

Referenced Verses

• Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."
• Num 22:20 : 20 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do.
• 2 Kgs 20:14-15 : 14 Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to you? Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 15 He said, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.
• Dan 2:45 : 45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.
• Dan 4:31-32 : 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from the sky, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from you: 32 and you shall be driven from men; and they dwelling shall be with the animals of the field; you shall be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will.
• Matt 7:22 : 22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
• John 11:51 : 51 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
• Gen 31:24 : 24 God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
• Gen 41:25 : 25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
• Exod 4:2 : 2 Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."
• Gen 3:9-9 : 9 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" 10 The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." 11 God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
• Gen 4:9 : 9 Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
• Gen 16:8 : 8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."