Numbers 22:28:6Num.22.28.W6TAB
לְבִלְעָם֙
levilam
“to Balaam”
- Transliteration
- le-vil-AM
- Extended
- leh-vil-AAM
- IPA
- /ləvilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-vil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER le-vil-AM
- 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
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
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 22:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:28, so the Hebrew word לְבִלְעָם֙ (levilam) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.28.W6.S1) and character.