Numbers 22:30:9Num.22.30.W9TAB
מֵעֽוֹדְךָ֙
meodkha
“since you began {from your existence}”
- Transliteration
- me-od-KHA
- Extended
- meh-ohd-KHAH
- IPA
- /me.ʕodˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- since you began {from your existence}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-od-KHA
- 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 durative aspect is conveyed by meodkha {מֵעֽוֹדְךָ֙ | mê·ʿōd·ḵā} ad-hayom {עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם | ʾaḏ-hay·yôm} hazeh {הַזֶּ֔ה | ha·zzeh} ‘from your existence until this day’.
Root and etymology
ayin–vav–dalet
“still, yet, again”
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 22:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word מֵעֽוֹדְךָ֙ (meodkha) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W9.S1) and character.