Numbers 22:15:3Num.22.15.W3TAB

בָּלָ֑ק

balak

Balak

Transliteration
ba-LAK
Extended
baa-LAAK
IPA
/baːˈlaq/

Meaning by language

English
Balak

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Result
בָּ + לָ֑ק
ba + lak
balak

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-LAK

  2. clause

    va-YO-sef OD ba-LAK

  3. sentence

    va-YO-sef OD ba-LAK she-LO-akh sa-RIM ra-BIM ve-nikh-ba-DIM me-E-leh

Root and etymology

b-l-qbet-lamed-qof

to lay waste

In contextNumbers 22:15

And Balak again sent officials, more numerous and more distinguished than these.

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:15, so the Hebrew word בָּלָ֑ק (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.22.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.15.W3.S1) and character.