Numbers 22:23:12Num.22.23.W12TAB
מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ
minhaderekh
“from the road”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-DE-rekh
- Extended
- min-hah-DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /min.haˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the road
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-DE-rekh
- clause
va-TEH-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV ba-DE-rekh ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO va-TET ha-a-TON min-ha-DE-rekh va-TE-lekh ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-TEH-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV ba-DE-rekh ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO va-TET ha-a-TON min-ha-DE-rekh va-TE-lekh ba-sa-DE va-YAKH bil-AM ET-ha-a-TON le-hat-TO-ta ha-DE-rekh
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive construct lehatotah {לְהַטֹּתָ֖הּ | lə-hat-tō-tāh} ‘to turn her aside’ conveys Balaam’s intent, and the chiastic placement of derekh {דֶּרֶךְ | de-reḵ} ‘road’ and sadeh {שָׂדֶה | śā-deh} ‘field’ underscores spatial tension and thematic opposition between divine warning and human response.
Root and etymology
daleth-resh-kaphdaleth-resh-kaph
“path”
In context — Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, and his sword was drawn in his hand. The donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field, and Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back to the road.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:23, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ (minhaderekh) 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.22.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.23.W12.S1) and character.