Numbers 20:19:12Num.20.19.W12TAB
רַ֥ק
rak
“only”
- Transliteration
- RAK
- Extended
- RAHK
- IPA
- /ˈraq/
Meaning by language
- English
- only
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RAK
- phraseyour reading level
RAK EIN-DA-var
- clause
RAK EIN-DA-var be-rag-LAI e-ev-RAH
- sentence
va-yom-RU e-LAV be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL bam-si-LA na-a-LE ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA nish-TEH a-NI u-mik-NAI ve-na-ta-TI mikh-RAM RAK EIN-DA-var be-rag-LAI e-ev-RAH
Exegesis
The negative existential ein-davar {אֵין־דָּבָ֖ר | ’ên-dāḇār} ‘nothing there is’ with rak {רַ֥ק | rāq} ‘only’ circumscribes the request.
In context — Numbers 20:19
And the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we and our livestock drink your water , we will pay its price. Only, there is no other matter—let us pass through on foot.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 20:19, so the Hebrew word רַ֥ק (rak) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.20.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.19.W12.S1) and character.