Numbers 22:10:2Num.22.10.W2TAB
בִּלְעָ֖ם
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- bil-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer bil-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-ha-e-lo-HIM ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR ME-lekh mo-AV sha-LAKH el-AI
Exegesis
The proper noun Bilam {בִּלְעָ֖ם | Bilʿam} precedes the prepositional phrase el {אֶל | ʾel} + haelohim {הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | hāʼĕlōhîm} ‘to God’, indicating divine address.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 22:10
Balaam said to God , "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me."
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:10, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָ֖ם (bilam) 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.22.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.10.W2.S1) and character.