Numbers 22:24:4Num.22.24.W4TAB
בְּמִשְׁע֖וֹל
bemishol
“in a path”
- Transliteration
- be-mish-OL
- Extended
- beh-mish-OHL
- IPA
- /bəmiʃˈʕoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a path
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-mish-OL
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH be-mish-OL ha-ke-ra-MIM
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH be-mish-OL ha-ke-ra-MIM ga-DER mi-ze ve-ga-DER mi-ze
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bə-mishʿōl ha-kerāmîm {בְּמִשְׁעוֹל הַכְּרָמִים | bə-mishʿōl ha-kerāmîm} ‘in the narrow passage of the vineyards’ specifies a confined route using noun-state agreement.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-ayin-lamed
“to cleave; make a path”
In context — Numbers 22:24
And the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path of the vineyards, a wall on this side and a wall on that side.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:24, so the Hebrew word בְּמִשְׁע֖וֹל (bemishol) 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.22.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.24.W4.S1) and character.