King James Version

Numbers 23:2

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

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וַיַּ֣עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…בָּלָ֔קbalaqBalakבָּלָקnoun, proper name — “Balak”H1111Balak, a Moabitish kingBalak.כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…דִּבֶּ֣רdiberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “speak”, a completed actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בִּלְעָ֑םbilamBalaamבִּלְעָםnoun, proper name — “Balaam”H1109Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in PalestineBalaam, Bileam.וַיַּ֨עַלvayaaland ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…בָּלָ֧קbalaqBalakבָּלָקnoun, proper name — “Balak”H1111Balak, a Moabitish kingBalak.וּבִלְעָ֛םuvilamand Balaamבִּלְעָםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Balaam”H1109Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in PalestineBalaam, Bileam.פָּ֥רparbullפַּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bull”, the ordinary formH6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)([phrase] young) bull(-ock), calf, ox.וָאַ֖יִלvaayiland oakאַיִלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and oak”, the ordinary formH352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong treemighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַbamizbechain altarמִזְבֵּחַpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak — Balaam also — offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,

World English Bible

Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.

Darby Translation

And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.

Douay-Rheims

And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησε Βαλὰκ ὃν τρόπον εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλαάμ· καὶ ἀνήνεγκε μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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