The Meaning of Numbers 24:12 Explained

Numbers 24:12

KJV: And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

YLT: And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying,

Darby: And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,

ASV: And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Balaam  said  unto Balak,  Spake  I not also to thy messengers  which thou sentest  unto me, saying, 

What does Numbers 24:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 24:1-14 - Balaam's Vision Of Israel's Prosperity
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Chapter Summary: Numbers 24

1  Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of Israel
10  Balak, in anger, dismisses him
15  He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations

What do the individual words in Numbers 24:12 mean?

So said Balaam to Balak did not also your messengers whom you sent to me I speak saying
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר בִּלְעָ֖ם אֶל־ בָּלָ֑ק הֲלֹ֗א גַּ֧ם מַלְאָכֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁלַ֥חְתָּ אֵלַ֖י דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי לֵאמֹֽר

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר  So  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
בִּלְעָ֖ם  Balaam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּלְעָם 
Sense: the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy.
בָּלָ֑ק  Balak 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּלָק  
Sense: a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel.
הֲלֹ֗א  did  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
גַּ֧ם  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
מַלְאָכֶ֛יךָ  your  messengers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מַלְאָךְ  
Sense: messenger, representative.
אֲשֶׁר־  whom 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
שָׁלַ֥חְתָּ  you  sent 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
אֵלַ֖י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי  I  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
לֵאמֹֽר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.

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