Numbers 16:31

16:31 When he had finished ¹  speaking ²  all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

Numbers 24:15

Balaam Prophesies a Fourth Time

24:15 Then he uttered this oracle: ³ 

“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor;

the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

[16:31]  ¹ tn The initial temporal clause is standard: It begins with the temporal indicator “and it was,” followed here by the Piel infinitive construct with the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix. “And it happened when he finished.”

[16:31]  ² tn The infinitive construct with the preposition lamed (ל) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished.

[24:15]  ³ tn Heb “and he took up his oracle and said.”