Text

Targum Jerusalem, Numbers

Can copy this into an AI, or connect the whole library to your assistant. For deeper learning, you can directly use the original seforim, sites, and apps.

וַאֲזָלוּ חַכִּימֵי מוֹאֲבָאֵי וְחַכִּימֵי מִדְיָנָאֵי וְאִגְרִין חֲתִימִין בִּידֵיהוֹן וְאָתוּ לְוַת בִּלְעָם וּמַלִילוּ עִמֵיהּ פִּתְגָמֵי דְבָלָק:

Targum Jerusalem, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the sages of the Moabites and of the Midianites went, with sealed letters in their hands, and came to Bileam, and spake with him the words of Balak.

וְקָם בִּלְעָם בְּצַפְרָא וְשַׁוֵי יַת אַתְנֵיהּ וַאֲזַל עִם רַבְרְבָנֵי מוֹאָב:

Targum Jerusalem, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And Bileam arose in the morning, and made ready his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

וְקָם מַלְאָכָא דַיְיָ בְּאֶמְצַע כְּרָמַיָא סַגְיָא מִן דֵין וְסַגְיָא מִן דֵין סִטְרָא:

Targum Jerusalem, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the angel of the Lord stood between the vineyards, a hedge (being) on this and on that side.

וַאֲמַרַת אַתְנָא לְבִלְעָם וַי לָךְ בִּלְעָם רַשִׁיעָא חֲסַר דַעְתָּא וְכָל חוּכְמָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַּח בָּךְ הָא אֲנָא בְעִיר מְסָאָב מִיתָא בְּעַלְמָא הָדֵין וְלָא אַתְיָא לְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי לָא יַכְלַת לְמִילוּט יָתִי בְּחוּכְמַת דַעְתָּךְ עַל חַד כַּמָה וְכַמָה בְּנוֹי דְאַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקב דְבִזְכוּתְהוֹן אִתְבְּרֵי עַלְמָא מִן שֵׁירוּיָא וְהֵיךְ אַתְּ אָזַל לְמֵילַט יַתְהוֹן כַּד גָנַבְתְּ דַעְתֵּיהוֹן דְעַמָא הָאִלֵין וַאֲמַרַת לְהוֹן לֵית אַתְנָא הָדָא דִידִי שְׁאִילָא הִיא בִּידִי בְּרַם הֲלָא אֲנָא הִיא אַתְנָךְ דִי רְכַבְתְּ עָלַי מִן טַלְיוּתָךְ עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין הַמִתְכַּוְונַת אִתְכַּוְונַת לְמֶעֱבַּד לָךְ כְּדוֹן וַאֲמַר לָהּ לָא:

Targum Jerusalem, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the ass said to Bileam, Woe to thee, Bileam the wicked, wanting in understanding and wisdom! Behold, me, an unclean beast, who am to die in this world and not to enter the world to come, thou hast not power with all thy skill to curse; how much less the children of Abraham, Izhak, and Jakob, on whose account the world was created at the beginning! And why art thou going to curse them? For thou hast deceived the people, saying to them, This is not my ass: she is a loan in my hand. But am I not thy ass, upon whom thou hast ridden from thy youth unto this day? Did I indeed intend to do thus with thee? And he said to her, No.