Numbers 22:13:3Num.22.13.W3TAB
בַּבֹּ֔קֶר
baboker
“in the morning”
- Transliteration
- ba-BO-ker
- Extended
- bah-BOH-kehr
- IPA
- /babˈboːqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-BO-ker
- clause
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM
- 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 prepositional phrases baboker {בַּבֹּקֶר | ba-bōqer} ‘in the morning’ and el-sarei Balak {אֶל־שָׂרֵי בָלָק | ʾel-śārê Bālāq} ‘to Balak’s officials’ set temporal and interlocutor contexts.
Root and etymology
b-q-r
“herd, cattle”
In context — Numbers 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 22:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (baboker) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W3.S1) and character.