Numbers 22:12:3Num.22.12.W3TAB
אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם
elbilam
“to Balaam”
- Transliteration
- el-BIL-am
- Extended
- el-BIL-AHM
- IPA
- /ʔel.bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-BIL-am
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM LO ta-OR et-ha-AM KI ba-RUKH HU
Exegesis
The subject Elohim {אֱלֹהִים֙ | ʾĕlōhîm} ‘God’ addresses Balaam {בִּלְעָ֔ם | Bilʿām}, followed by two parallel prohibitions lo telekh {לֹ֥א תֵלֵ֖ךְ | lō tēlēḵ} ‘do not go’ and lo taor {לֹ֤א תָאֹר֙ | lō tōʾr} ‘do not curse’.
Root and etymology
b-l-ʿbet-lamed-ayin
“to swallow”
In context — Numbers 22:12
And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:12, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם (elbilam) 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.22.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.12.W3.S1) and character.