What Does Numbers 22:20 Mean?

“came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“And God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto Balaam”

bilam, a place in palestine

“at night”

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“to call”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

“came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“thee rise up”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“with them but yet”

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the word”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which I shall say”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

near, with or among; often in general, to

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“unto thee that shalt thou do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application