The Meaning of Numbers 22:19 Explained

Numbers 22:19

KJV: Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

YLT: and, now, abide, I pray you, in this place, you also, to-night; and I know what Jehovah is adding to speak with me.'

Darby: And now, I pray you, abide ye also here this night, and I shall know what Jehovah will say to me further.

ASV: Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry  ye also here this night,  that I may know  what the LORD  will say  unto me more. 

What does Numbers 22:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 22:1-20 - Balaam Sent For, To Curse Israel
These chapters present a surprising contrast between the covetous prophet and his sublime prophecies. It is clearly possible to be the mouthpiece of truth and yet have neither part nor lot in it.
Balak, as had been predicted, was sore afraid. Compare Numbers 22:3 with Exodus 15:15. The elders of Midian were his friends and allies. It was very important for them to stand together. The journey across the desert to Mesopotamia, where Balaam lived, was long and tedious, but he was a famous magician, who could marshal unseen forces into the battle by his incantations. He knew the only true God, but loved the wages of unrighteousness and erred for reward. See 2 Peter 2:14-16; Judges 1:11.
He made up his mind to win Balak's promised gifts, and sought to persuade God to become his accomplice, first, by letting him go, and, secondly, by letting him say what Balak wished said. But God demands our loyalty and unison with Him, and will not swerve from the path of truth and righteousness by a hair's-breadth to help our desires and ambitions. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 22

1  Balak's first message for Balaam is refused
15  His second message obtains him
22  An angel would have slain him, if he had not been saved by his donkey
36  Balak entertains him

What do the individual words in Numbers 22:19 mean?

Therefore now stay please in this [place] also you tonight that I may know what more Yahweh will say to me
וְעַתָּ֗ה שְׁב֨וּ נָ֥א בָזֶ֛ה גַּם־ אַתֶּ֖ם הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה מַה־ יֹּסֵ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה דַּבֵּ֥ר עִמִּֽי

וְעַתָּ֗ה  Therefore  now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
שְׁב֨וּ  stay 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
נָ֥א  please 
Parse: Interjection
Root: נָא  
Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
בָזֶ֛ה  in  this  [place] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
הַלָּ֑יְלָה  tonight 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: לַיִל 
Sense: night.
וְאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה  that  I  may  know 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
יֹּסֵ֥ף  more 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
דַּבֵּ֥ר  will  say 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
עִמִּֽי  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.

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