Numbers 22:32:3Num.22.32.W3TAB
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
malakh
“messenger”
- Transliteration
- mal-AKH
- Extended
- mal-AHKH
- IPA
- /malˈʔax/
Meaning by language
- English
- messenger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
mal-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-MAH hi-KI-ta et-a-to-NKHA ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-MAH hi-KI-ta et-a-to-NKHA ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM hi-NEH a-no-KHI ya-TSA-ti le-sa-TAN ki-ya-RAT ha-DE-rekh le-neg-DI
Exegesis
The construct chain malʾakh YHWH {מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה | malʾā́kh Yəhṓwāh} ‘angel of the LORD’ emphasizes the divine origin of the messenger.
Root and etymology
l-ʾ-khlamed-aleph-kaph
“one who is sent”
In context — Numbers 22:32
The angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary because the way has become perverse before me.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:32, so the Hebrew word מַלְאַ֣ךְ (malakh) 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.22.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.32.W3.S1) and character.