Numbers 22:21:3Num.22.21.W3TAB
בַּבֹּ֔קֶר
baboker
“in the morning”
- Transliteration
- ba-BO-ker
- Extended
- bah-BOH-kehr
- IPA
- /babˈboqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-BO-ker
- 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
The prepositional phrase bā-bō-ḵer {בַּבֹּ֔קֶר | bā-bō-ḵer} ‘in the morning’ functions as a temporal marker; for English readability it is placed after the subject-verb clause.
Root and etymology
b-q-r
“herd, cattle”
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 22:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:21, so the Hebrew word בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (baboker) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.21.W3.S1) and character.