Numbers 22:13:6Num.22.13.W6TAB
בָלָ֔ק
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAK
- IPA
- /vaˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-LAK
- phraseyour reading level
el-sa-REI ba-LAK
- 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-l-qbet-lamed-qof
“to lay waste”
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 22:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word בָלָ֔ק (balak) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W6.S1) and character.