| 12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 23:12:1 ⧉וַיַּ֖עַןvayaanand he answered Numbers 23:12:2 ⧉וַיֹּאמַ֑רvayomarand he said Numbers 23:12:3 ⧉הֲלֹ֗אhaloIs it not so Numbers 23:12:4 ⧉אֵת֩et Numbers 23:12:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֨רasherthat Numbers 23:12:6 ⧉יָשִׂ֤יםyasimputs Numbers 23:12:7 ⧉יְהוָה֙yahwehLORD Numbers 23:12:8 ⧉בְּפִ֔יbefiin my mouth Numbers 23:12:9 ⧉אֹת֥וֹotothat Numbers 23:12:10 ⧉אֶשְׁמֹ֖רeshmorI must keep Numbers 23:12:11 ⧉לְדַבֵּֽר׃ledaberto speak |
| 12. Formal Translation And he answered and said, “Is it not what the LORD {Yahweh, Sovereign Speaker} puts in my mouth that I must guard faithfully to speak?” |
| 12. Dynamic Translation He replied, “Should I not speak only what the LORD {Yahweh, Message Giver} puts in my mouth?” |