22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “Now this mass of people 1 will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field. Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.
1 tn The word is simply “company,” but in the context he must mean a vast company – a horde of people.
2 tn Here the Hiphil perfect is preceded by the Hiphil infinitive absolute for emphasis in the sentence.
3 tn Heb “to do thus to you.”