| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 22:18:1 ⧉וַיַּ֣עַןvayaanand answered Numbers 22:18:2 ⧉בִּלְעָ֗םbilamBalaam Numbers 22:18:3 ⧉וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vayomerand said Numbers 22:18:4 ⧉אֶל־עַבְדֵ֣יelavdeito the servants of Numbers 22:18:5 ⧉בָלָ֔קbalakBalak Numbers 22:18:6 ⧉אִם־יִתֶּן־לִ֥יimyitenliif were to give me Numbers 22:18:7 ⧉בָלָ֛קbalakBalak Numbers 22:18:8 ⧉מְלֹ֥אmelothe full Numbers 22:18:9 ⧉בֵית֖וֹveitohouse Numbers 22:18:10 ⧉כֶּ֣סֶףkesefsilver Numbers 22:18:11 ⧉וְזָהָ֑בvezahavand gold Numbers 22:18:12 ⧉לֹ֣אloI could not Numbers 22:18:13 ⧉אוּכַ֗לukhalbe able Numbers 22:18:14 ⧉לַעֲבֹר֙laavorto transgress Numbers 22:18:15 ⧉אֶת־פִּי֙etpithe command of Numbers 22:18:16 ⧉יְהוָ֣הyahwehLORD Numbers 22:18:17 ⧉אֱלֹהָ֔יelohaimy God Numbers 22:18:18 ⧉לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתlaasotto do Numbers 22:18:19 ⧉קְטַנָּ֖הketanaha small thing Numbers 22:18:20 ⧉א֥וֹoor Numbers 22:18:21 ⧉גְדוֹלָֽה׃gedolaha great thing |
| 18. Formal Translation And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me the fullness of his house, silver and gold, I could not transgress the command of the LORD my God {Yahweh Elohai, Supreme Authority} to do the smallest or the greatest.” |
| 18. Dynamic Translation Balaam replied to Balak’s officials, “Even if Balak gave me his entire house filled with silver and gold, I could not go beyond the orders of the LORD my God {Yahweh Elohai, Divine Ruler}—whether small or great.” |