Numbers 22:18:8Num.22.18.W8TAB
מְלֹ֥א
melo
“the full”
- Transliteration
- me-LO
- Extended
- meh-LOH
- IPA
- /məˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the full
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-LO
- phraseyour reading level
me-LO vei-TO
- clause
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
- 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 construct chain mĕlōʾ bē·ṯō {מְלֹא בֵיתוֹ | mə·lōʾ-bê·ṯō} ‘fullness of his house’ reinforces magnitude.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-lamed-aleph-kaf
“messenger”
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 22:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:18, so the Hebrew word מְלֹ֥א (melo) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.18.W8.S1) and character.