Deuteronomy 23:4
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Berean Study Bible
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

Young's Literal Translation
because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee;

King James Bible
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

Hebrew
For
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

they did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

meet
קִדְּמ֤וּ (qid·də·mū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6923: To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet

you with food
בַּלֶּ֣חֶם (bal·le·ḥem)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

and water
וּבַמַּ֔יִם (ū·ḇam·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

on your way
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

out of
בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם (bə·ṣê·ṯə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

Egypt,
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם (mim·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

[and]
וַאֲשֶׁר֩ (wa·’ă·šer)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they hired
שָׂכַ֨ר (śā·ḵar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7936: To hire

Balaam
בִּלְעָ֣ם (bil·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophet

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Beor
בְּע֗וֹר (bə·‘ō·wr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1160: Beor -- 'a burning', father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam

from Pethor
מִפְּת֛וֹר (mip·pə·ṯō·wr)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6604: Pethor -- home of Balaam

in Aram-naharaim
נַהֲרַ֖יִם (na·hă·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 763: Mesopotamia -- 'Aram of (the) two rivers', a district of Aram (Syria)

to curse you.
לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃ (lə·qal·le·kā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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