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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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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Numbers 23:2. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 67
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בָּלָ֔ק כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיַּ֨עַל בָּלָ֧ק וּבִלְעָ֛ם פָּ֥ר וָאַ֖יִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

11 word entries
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
692
בָּלָ֔ק
Lemma
1111
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1111
Occurrences
40
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
Lemma
k/834 d
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + particle relative
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
496
דִּבֶּ֣ר
Lemma
1696
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
702
בִּלְעָ֑ם
Lemma
1109 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1109
Occurrences
55
וַיַּ֨עַל
Lemma
c/5927
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5927
Occurrences
322
בָּלָ֧ק
Lemma
1111
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1111
Occurrences
40
וּבִלְעָ֛ם
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1109
Occurrences
1
פָּ֥ר
Lemma
6499
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6499
Occurrences
71
וָאַ֖יִל
Lemma
c/352 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H352
Occurrences
24
בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
Lemma
b/4196
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4196
Occurrences
6
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

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

16 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ἐποίησε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
epoiese
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it made, did
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To make, do, perform, or produce.
Strong's
G4160
Occurrences
2253
Βαλὰκ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Balak
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Balak
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Balak, biblical royal personal name.
Occurrences
53
ὃν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ὅς
Transliteration
hon
Morphology
relative pronoun, accusative masculine singular
Gloss
whom, which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
τρόπον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
tropon
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
way, manner
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Way, manner, or mode.
Occurrences
212
εἶπεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eipen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
αὐτῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Βαλαάμ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
balaam
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Βαλαάμ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Balaam, biblical personal name.
Occurrences
63
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ἀνήνεγκε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
anenegke
Morphology
verb, perfect/aorist active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
19
μόσχον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
moschon
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
calf, young bull
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Calf, young bull, or young animal.
Occurrences
152
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
κριὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
krion
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
ram
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Ram.
Occurrences
97
ἐπὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐπί
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
τὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
βωμόν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
bomon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וַעֲבַד בָּלָק כְּמָא דִי מַלֵיל בִּלְעָם וְאַסֵיק בָּלָק וּבִלְעָם תּוֹר וּדְכַר עַל כָּל מַדְבְּחָא

14 word entries
וַעֲבַד
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עבד
Transliteration
w'bd
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal or nominal root עבד
Gloss
and made, did, served
Occurrences
321
בָּלָק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בלק
Transliteration
blq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
40
כְּמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כמא
Transliteration
km'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
194
דִי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
די
Transliteration
dy
Morphology
relative/genitive particle
Gloss
of, that, which
Occurrences
1640
מַלֵיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ליל
Transliteration
mlyl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
128
בִּלְעָם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לעם
Transliteration
bl'm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
55
וְאַסֵיק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'syq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
בָּלָק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בלק
Transliteration
blq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
40
וּבִלְעָם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbl'm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
17
תּוֹר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תור
Transliteration
twr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
45
וּדְכַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דכר
Transliteration
wdkr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
62
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
1104
כָּל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
כל
Transliteration
kl
Morphology
collective noun/adjective
Gloss
all, every
Occurrences
937
מַדְבְּחָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mdbch'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
127
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܥܒܕ ܒܠܩ ܐܝܟ ܕܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܒܠܥܡ. ܘܐܣܩ ܒܠܥܡ ܘܒܠܩ ܬܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܕܟܪ̈ܐ ܥܠ ܡܕܒܚ̈ܐ.

13 word entries
ܘܥܒܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'bd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
265
ܒܠܩ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܠܩ
Transliteration
blq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
27
ܐܝܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2051
ܕܐܡܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
191
ܠܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܒܠܥܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bl'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
38
ܘܐܣܩ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'sq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
23
ܒܠܥܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bl'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
38
ܘܒܠܩ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wblq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܬܘܪ̈ܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
twr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
91
ܘܕܟܪ̈ܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wdkr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
54
ܥܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3346
ܡܕܒܚ̈ܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mdbh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
118
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Cumque fecisset juxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram.

13 word entries
cumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
{cumque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{cumque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
fecisset
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
fecisset
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
iuxta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iuxta
Transliteration
iuxta
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
593
sermonem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sermo
Transliteration
sermonem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
626
Balaam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Baalam
Transliteration
Balaam
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
43
inposuerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impono
Transliteration
inposuerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
151
simul
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
simul
Transliteration
simul
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
224
vitulum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uitulus
Transliteration
vitulum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
142
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
arietem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aries
Transliteration
arietem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
175
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
aram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ara
Transliteration
aram
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
61

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Numbers 23:30

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

4 relevance votes

Numbers 23:14

And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

4 relevance votes
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