Numbers 22:29:5Num.22.29.W5TAB
הִתְעַלַּ֖לְתְּ
hitalaltet
“you have made a fool”
- Transliteration
- hit-a-lal-TET
- Extended
- heet-ah-lal-TET
- IPA
- /hit.ʕalˈlal.tɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have made a fool
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hit-a-lal-TET
- phraseyour reading level
KI hit-a-lal-TET
- 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
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the reason clause “because you have mocked me,” where hitʿallalt {הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ | hitʿallalt} in the Hitpael stem highlights deliberate mistreatment.
Root and etymology
RootAyin Lamed Lamed
“mock, mistreat”
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 22:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:29, so the Hebrew word הִתְעַלַּ֖לְתְּ (hitalaltet) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.29.W5.S1) and character.