Numbers 22:13:12Num.22.13.W12TAB

לְתִתִּ֖י

letiti

to permit me / to give me

Transliteration
le-ti-TI
Extended
leh-tee-TEE
IPA
/lətiˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
to permit me / to give me

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Result
לְ + תִ + תִּ֖י
le + ti + ti
letiti

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ti-TI

  2. clause

    KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM

  3. sentence

    va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM

Exegesis

The infinitive compounds letitti lahalōkh immākhem {לְתִתִּי לַהֲלֹךְ עִמָּכֶם | ləṭīttî lahălōḵ ʿimmākhem} express the denied permission to accompany. This structure emphasizes both the deity’s decisive refusal and the resulting prohibition on Balaam’s journey.

In contextNumbers 22:13

And Balaam arose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word לְתִתִּ֖י (letiti) 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.22.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W12.S1) and character.