Numbers 22:29:12Num.22.29.W12TAB
הֲרַגְתִּֽיךְ׃
haragtikh
“I would have killed you”
- Transliteration
- ha-rag-TIKH
- Extended
- hah-rag-TEEKH
- IPA
- /ha.raɡˈtiːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- I would have killed you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-rag-TIKH
- clause
LU YESH-KHE-rev be-ya-DEE KI a-TA ha-rag-TIKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer bil-AM la-a-TON KI hit-a-lal-TET BI LU YESH-KHE-rev be-ya-DEE KI a-TA ha-rag-TIKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase beyadi {בְּיָדִי | bə-yādî} specifies the instrument, and the second ki {כִּי | kî} intensifies the statement “for now I would have killed you,” with haragtikh {הֲרַגְתִּיךְ | hăragtîḵ} expressing completed decisive action. English reordering clarifies the causative sequence and preserves the original’s rhetorical build toward the lethal threat.
Root and etymology
RootHeh Resh Gimel
“to kill”
In context — Numbers 22:29
And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, if only there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:29, so the Hebrew word הֲרַגְתִּֽיךְ׃ (haragtikh) 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.22.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.29.W12.S1) and character.