Numbers 22:14:9Num.22.14.W9TAB
הֲלֹ֥ךְ
halokh
“to go”
- Transliteration
- ha-LOKH
- Extended
- hah-LOHKH
- IPA
- /haˈlox/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LOKH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
- clause
va-yo-MRU me-EN bil-AM ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu sa-REI mo-AV va-ya-VO-u el-ba-LAK va-yo-MRU me-EN bil-AM ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
Exegesis
In the reported speech, the perfect verb me’en {מֵאֵ֥ן | mē’ēn} ‘he refused’ with infinitive halokh {הֲלֹ֥ךְ | ha-lōḵ} ‘to go’ expresses categorical refusal, and the prepositional phrase immanu {עִמָּֽנוּ | ʿimmānû} ‘with us’ completes the statement. Hebrew’s direct report without a complementizer produces immediacy that the English preserves by mirroring the verb sequence and infinitive complement.
Root and etymology
ה־ל־ך
“to go, walk”
In context — Numbers 22:14
So the princes of Moab arose and came to Balak, and they said, “Balaam has refused to go with us.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:14, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹ֥ךְ (halokh) 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.22.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.14.W9.S1) and character.