- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *bilʿām*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Balaam
- *lə-bālāq*
- preposition + proper noun, masculine singular - to Balak
- *hityaṣṣēb*
- hithpael imperative, masculine singular - station yourself
- *ʿal*
- preposition - beside/by
- *ʿōlātekā*
- common noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your burnt offering
- *wə-ʾēlkâ*
- waw conjunction + qal cohortative, 1st singular - and let me go
- *ʾûlay*
- adverb - perhaps
- *yiqqāreh*
- niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will meet/encounter
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - Yahweh
- *liqrāʾtî*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct + 1st singular suffix - to meet me
- *û-dəbar*
- waw conjunction + common noun, masculine singular construct - and word of
- *mah*
- interrogative pronoun - what
- *yarʾēnî*
- hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - he will show me
- *wə-higgadtî*
- waw conjunctive + hiphil perfect, 1st singular - and I will tell
- *lāk*
- preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
- *wə-yēlek*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
- *šepî*
- noun or adverb - to a bare height/alone