Numbers 22:13:8Num.22.13.W8TAB
אֶֽל־אַרְצְכֶ֑ם
elartsekhem
“to your land”
- Transliteration
- el-artse-KHEM
- Extended
- el-arts-KEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔar.tsəˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your land
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-artse-KHEM
- 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 imperative lechu el-artzekhem {לְכוּ אֶל־אַרְצְכֶם | ləkū ʾel-ʾărṣə-khem} directly dismisses them.
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 22:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־אַרְצְכֶ֑ם (elartsekhem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W8.S1) and character.