Numbers 22:23:14Num.22.23.W14TAB
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה
basade
“into the field”
- Transliteration
- ba-sa-DE
- Extended
- bah-sah-DEH
- IPA
- /baˈsaːdɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the field
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-sa-DE
- 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.
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 22:23:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 22:23, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (basade) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.23.W14.S1) and character.