Bilangan 22:17

22:17 For I will honor you greatly, ¹  and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”

Bilangan 22:19

22:19 Now therefore, please stay ²  the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me.” ³ 

Bilangan 27:4

27:4 Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession ⁴  among the relatives ⁵  of our father.”

[22:17]  ¹ tn The construction uses the Piel infinitive כַּבֵּד (kabbed) to intensify the verb, which is the Piel imperfect/cohortative אֲכַבֶּדְךָ (’akhabbedkha). The great honor could have been wealth, prestige, or position.

[22:19]  ² tn In this case “lodge” is not used, but “remain, reside” (שְׁבוּ, shÿvu).

[22:19]  ³ tn This clause is also a verbal hendiadys: “what the Lord might add to speak,” meaning, “what more the Lord might say.”

[27:4]  ⁴ tn That is, the possession of land, or property, among the other families of their tribe.

[27:4]  ⁵ tn The word is “brothers,” but this can be interpreted more loosely to relatives. So also in v. 7.