Numbers 22:20:7Num.22.20.W7TAB
אִם־לִקְרֹ֤א
imlikro
“if to call”
- Transliteration
- im-lik-RO
- Extended
- IM-lik-ROH
- IPA
- /ʔim.liqˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if to call
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-lik-RO
- phraseyour reading level
im-lik-RO le-KHA
- clause
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM lai-LA va-yo-MER LO im-lik-RO le-KHA BA-u ha-a-na-SHIM KUM LEKH it-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM lai-LA va-yo-MER LO im-lik-RO le-KHA BA-u ha-a-na-SHIM KUM LEKH it-TAM ve-AKH et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-lei-KHA o-TO ta-a-SE
Exegesis
The protasis ʾim-liqrōʾ ləḵā {אִם־לִקְרֹא לְךָ | ʾim-liqrōʾ ləḵā} introduces the condition of the men’s mission.
In context — Numbers 22:20
And God came to Balaam by night, and He said to him, “If these men have come to summon you, rise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you you shall do.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:20, so the Hebrew word אִם־לִקְרֹ֤א (imlikro) 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.22.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.20.W7.S1) and character.