Because they met
qadam (kaw-dam')
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help) -- come (go, (flee) before, + disappoint, meet, prevent.
not the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
with bread
lechem (lekh'-em)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
and with water
mayim (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
but hired
sakar (saw-kar')
to hire -- earn wages, hire (out self), reward, surely.
Balaam
Bil`am (bil-awm')
not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine -- Balaam, Bileam.
against them that he should curse
qalal (kaw-lal')
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)whet.
them howbeit our God
'elohiym (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
turned
haphak (haw-fak')
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
the curse
qlalah (kel-aw-law')
vilification -- (ac-)curse(-d, -ing).
into a blessing
Brakah (ber-aw-kaw')
benediction; by implication prosperity -- blessing, liberal, pool, present.
