Numbers 22:28:13Num.22.28.W13TAB
רְגָלִֽים׃
regalim
“times”
- Transliteration
- re-ga-LIM
- Extended
- reh-gah-LEEM
- IPA
- /rəɡaˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- times
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-ga-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- clause
va-to-MER le-vil-AM meh-a-si-TI le-KHA ki hi-ki-TA-ni ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-yif-TAKH Ye-ho-VAH et-PI ha-a-TON va-to-MER le-vil-AM meh-a-si-TI le-KHA ki hi-ki-TA-ni ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
Exegesis
Finally, the demonstrative zeh shalosh regalim {זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים | zê šā-lō-š rə-ḡā-lîm} ‘this three times’ intensifies repetition. English word order shifts from Hebrew VSO to SVO for natural reading while preserving the focus on divine empowerment and the donkey’s voice.
Root and etymology
ר־ג־ל
“foot, step”
In context — Numbers 22:28
And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 22:28, so the Hebrew word רְגָלִֽים׃ (regalim) 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.22.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.28.W13.S1) and character.