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Numbers 23:12 Interlinear

“And he answered and said hath put that which the LORD in my mouth Must I not take heed to speak”

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Numbers 23 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיַּ֖עַן	H6030	And he answered	properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
2	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	H559	and said	to say (used with great latitude)
3	הֲלֹ֗א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
4	אֵת֩	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
6	יָשִׂ֤ים	H7760	hath put	to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
7	יְהוָה֙	H3068	that which the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
8	בְּפִ֔י	H6310	in my mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
9	אֹת֥וֹ	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10	אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר	H8104	Must I not take heed	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
11	לְדַבֵּֽר׃	H1696	to speak	perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

Numbers 23:12 (current)And he answered and said hath put that which the LORD in my mouth Must I not take heed to speak