Numbers 21:28:10Num.21.28.W10TAB
בַּעֲלֵ֖י
baalei
“the lords of”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-LEI
- Extended
- bah-a-LEI
- IPA
- /baʕaˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lords of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-LEI
- clause
akh-LAH AR mo-AV ba-a-LEI ba-MOT ar-NON
- sentence
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON akh-LAH AR mo-AV ba-a-LEI ba-MOT ar-NON
Exegesis
The construct sequence baalei bamot arnon {בַּעֲלֵ֖י בָּמ֥וֹת אַרְנֹֽן | baʿălê bāmôt ʾărnôn} clarifies the genitive relationships. The translation preserves this parallelism and construct chain to convey both poetic emphasis and relational hierarchy.
Root and etymology
ב־ע־ל
“master, owner”
In context — Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab and the owners of the high places of Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 21:28, so the Hebrew word בַּעֲלֵ֖י (baalei) 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.21.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.28.W10.S1) and character.