וַיֹּ֨אמֶר בִּלְעָ֜ם לְבָלָ֗ק הִתְיַצֵּב֮ עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ֒ וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה אוּלַ֞י יִקָּרֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִקְרָאתִ֔י וּדְבַ֥ר מַה־יַּרְאֵ֖נִי וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי לָ֑ךְ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ שֶֽׁפִי׃
Sinabi ni Balaam kay Balak: “Tumayo ka sa tabi ng iyong handog na susunugin, at ako'y aalis; baka sakaling salubungin ako ng Walang-Hanggan, at anumang salitang ipakita Niya sa akin ay sasabihin ko sa iyo.” At umalis siyang mag-isa.
Rashi
'אולי יקרה ה לקראתי PERHAPS THE LORD WILL HAPPEN TO MEET ME — Perhaps: He is not accustomed to speak with me by day.
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).
Rashbam
וילך שפי; he was partially lame; we find the expression in this sense in Job 33,21 ושופו עצמותיו .
Tur HaArokh
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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).