Numbers 22:27:12Num.22.27.W12TAB
בַּמַּקֵּֽל׃
bamakel
“with the staff”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-KEL
- Extended
- bah-mah-KEHL
- IPA
- /bamˈmaːkel/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the staff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ma-KEL
- clause
va-yi-KHAR-AF bil-AM va-YAKH ET-ha-a-TON ba-ma-KEL
- sentence
va-TE-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH va-tir-BATS TA-khat bil-AM va-yi-KHAR-AF bil-AM va-YAKH ET-ha-a-TON ba-ma-KEL
Exegesis
Finally, vayyakh {וַיַּ֥ךְ | va-yyakh} ‘and he struck’ with bamaqqel {בַּמַּקֵּֽל | ba-maq-qēl} ‘with the staff’ highlights the instrument of violence. This chain of vav-consecutives underscores cause and effect, contrasting the donkey’s perception with Balaam’s reactive force.
Root and etymology
q-l-lqof-lamed-lamed
“rod”
In context — Numbers 22:27
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD , and she lay down under Balaam; then Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with the staff.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:27, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּקֵּֽל׃ (bamakel) 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.22.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.27.W12.S1) and character.