Tafsiran Bilangan 23:3: Rashi, Sforno, Rashbam & Tur HaArokh

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר בִּלְעָ֜ם לְבָלָ֗ק הִתְיַצֵּב֮ עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ֒ וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה אוּלַ֞י יִקָּרֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִקְרָאתִ֔י וּדְבַ֥ר מַה־יַּרְאֵ֖נִי וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי לָ֑ךְ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ שֶֽׁפִי׃

Bileam berkata kepada Balak, “Berdirilah di dekat korban bakaranmu, dan aku akan pergi. Mungkin Yang Mahakekal akan datang menjumpaiku, dan apa pun yang diperlihatkan-Nya kepadaku akan kuberitahukan kepadamu.” Lalu ia pergi seorang diri.

Rashi

'אולי יקרה ה‎‎ לקראתי PERHAPS THE LORD WILL HAPPEN TO MEET ME — Perhaps: He is not accustomed to speak with me by day.
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Sforno

התיצב על עולותך, so that you can mentally concentrate on what you are doing during the offering of each single part of the animal, a reminder of the blood being the essence of the animal (Leviticus 17,11).
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Rashbam

וילך שפי; he was partially lame; we find the expression in this sense in Job 33,21 ושופו עצמותיו .
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Rashi

וילך שפי AND HE WENT שפי — Understand this as the Targum does: “alone”; it is an expression denoting ease and tranquillity; the statement means that there was nothing with him except silence (nothing to disturb him).
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