Numbers 22:16:2Num.22.16.W2TAB
אֶל־בִּלְעָ֑ם
elbilam
“to Balaam”
- Transliteration
- el-bil-AM
- Extended
- EHL-bil-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔel.bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Balaam
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-bil-AM
- clause
va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 22:16
They came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not withhold yourself from coming to me .’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:16, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בִּלְעָ֑ם (elbilam) 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.22.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.16.W2.S1) and character.