Numbers 22:29:2Num.22.29.W2TAB
בִּלְעָם֙
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- beel-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer bil-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer bil-AM la-a-TON KI hit-a-lal-TET BI
- 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
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
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 22:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:29, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָם֙ (bilam) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.29.W2.S1) and character.