Numbers 22:21:2Num.22.21.W2TAB
בִּלְעָם֙
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- bil-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM bil-AM
- clause
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-ya-kha-VOSH et-a-to-NO
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-ya-kha-VOSH et-a-to-NO va-ye-LEKH im-sa-REI mo-AV
Exegesis
In Hebrew the verb normally precedes the subject Bilʿām {בִּלְעָם | Bilʿām}, whereas English prefers subject-verb order.
Root and etymology
b-l-ʿbet-lamed-ʿayin
“swallow of peoples”
In context — Numbers 22:21
And Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey , and he went with the officials of Moab .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:21, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָם֙ (bilam) 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.22.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.21.W2.S1) and character.