- *wayyarʾ*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - 'and he saw'
- *Bilʿām*
- proper noun - 'Balaam'
- *ṭōḇ*
- adjective ms - 'good'
- *YHWH*
- divine name - 'the LORD'
- *bārēḵ*
- piel infinitive construct - 'to bless'
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - 'Israel'
- *hālaḵ*
- qal perfect 3ms - 'he went'
- *paʿam*
- noun fs - 'time/instance'
- *nəḥāšîm*
- noun mp - 'divinations/omens'
- *wayyāšet*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - 'and he set'
- *midbār*
- noun ms with article - 'wilderness/desert'