Numbers 22:30:7Num.22.30.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר־רָכַ֣בְתָּ
asherrakhavta
“upon which you have ridden”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta
- Extended
- ah-shehr-rah-KHAV-tah
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.raˈxaβta/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon which you have ridden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI
- clause
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO
- sentence
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO va-yo-MER LO
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-rakhavta {אֲשֶׁר־רָכַבְתָּ | ʾă·šer-rā·ḵăḇ·tā} ‘which you have ridden’ links with alai {עָלַי | ʿā·lāy} ‘upon me’.
Root and etymology
resh–kaf–bet
“to ride, mount”
In context — Numbers 22:30
And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey , which you have ridden upon me from your beginnings until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do thus for you?” And he said, “No.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־רָכַ֣בְתָּ (asherrakhavta) 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.22.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W7.S1) and character.