וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נְאֻ֤ם בִּלְעָם֙ בְּנ֣וֹ בְעֹ֔ר וּנְאֻ֥ם הַגֶּ֖בֶר שְׁתֻ֥ם הָעָֽיִן׃
et il proféra son oracle en ces termes: "Parole de Balaam, fils de Beor, parole de l’homme au clairvoyant regard,
Zohar
And he saw this brightness from a distance, but, as it were, through a partition; therefore, although he prophesied, he knew not what he prophesied: he looked at the light with a “closed eye” (Num. 24, 4), for there is no sphere of the “other side” that entirely lacks some streak of light from the side of holiness