The Meaning of Numbers 22:37 Explained

Numbers 22:37

KJV: And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

YLT: and Balak saith unto Balaam, 'Did I not diligently sent unto thee to call for thee? why didst thou not come unto me? am I not truly able to honour thee?'

Darby: And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee? why didst thou not come to me? am I not surely able to honour thee?

ASV: And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 22:37?

MEANING: What does Numbers 22:37 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 22:37 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 22:37?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Balak  said  unto Balaam,  Did I not earnestly  send  unto thee to call  thee? wherefore camest  thou not unto me? am I not able  indeed  to promote thee to honour? 

What does Numbers 22:37 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 22:21-40 - Balaam Warned What To Speak
If only Balaam had abided by his first answer to Balak's request, he would have been saved from the disgrace and suffering which ensued. But he seemed to think that it was possible to alter God's mind; hence his request to the second company of messengers that they give him time to ascertain God's will. Already that will had been clearly made known to him; what object had he in pressing for a further response?
When, finally, he was told that he might go, he rose up in the morning, saddled his ass, and started post-haste. He was trying to serve two masters-to speak as God bade him, but to please Balak and pocket his gold.
How many agencies God uses to arrest our evil courses! Peter specially refers to this incident, 2 Peter 2:16. Many cries are raised to stop the boat that is caught in the rapids above Niagara! Thus the way of transgressors is made hard by the love of God! [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 22:37 mean?

And said Balak to Balaam did not earnestly I send to you for calling you why not did you come to me Am not I able to honor you
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר בָּלָ֜ק אֶל־ בִּלְעָ֗ם הֲלֹא֩ שָׁלֹ֨חַ שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ לִקְרֹא־ לָ֔ךְ לָ֥מָּה לֹא־ הָלַ֖כְתָּ אֵלָ֑י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם לֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל ؟ כַּבְּדֶֽךָ

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
בָּלָ֜ק  Balak 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּלָק  
Sense: a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel.
בִּלְעָ֗ם  Balaam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּלְעָם 
Sense: the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy.
הֲלֹא֩  did  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
שָׁלֹ֨חַ  earnestly 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי  I  send 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
לִקְרֹא־  for  calling 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
לָ֥מָּה  why 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
הָלַ֖כְתָּ  did  you  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
אֵלָ֑י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אוּכַ֖ל  I  able 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: יָכֹל  
Sense: to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able.
؟ כַּבְּדֶֽךָ  to  honor  you 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: כָּבֵד  
Sense: to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured.

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