Numbers 22:18:15Num.22.18.W15TAB
אֶת־פִּי֙
etpi
“the command of”
- Transliteration
- et-PI
- Extended
- EET-PEE
- IPA
- /ʔetˈpiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the command of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-PI
- clause
LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI la-a-SOT ke-ta-NAH O ge-do-LAH
- sentence
va-YA-an bil-AM va-yo-MER el-av-DEI ba-LAK im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO vei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI la-a-SOT ke-ta-NAH O ge-do-LAH
Exegesis
The object marker et precedes pi {אֶת־פִּי | ʾet-pî} ‘mouth/command’, a metaphor for divine utterance.
Root and etymology
פ־י־א
“mouth; command”
In context — Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me the fullness of his house, silver and gold, I could not transgress the command of the LORD my God to do the smallest or the greatest.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 22:18, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פִּי֙ (etpi) 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.22.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.18.W15.S1) and character.