Discovery BoxNumbers 22:15-17 
Context22:15 Balak again sent princes, 1 more numerous and more distinguished than the first. 2 22:16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hinder you from coming 3 to me. 22:17 For I will honor you greatly, 4 and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”
1 tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys. It uses the Hiphil preterite of the verb “to add” followed by the Qal infinitive “to send.” The infinitive becomes the main verb, and the preterite an adverb: “he added to send” means “he sent again.”
2 tn Heb “than these.”
3 tn The infinitive construct is the object of the preposition.
4 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.
