Numbers 22:33:7Num.22.33.W7TAB
רְגָלִ֑ים
regalim
“times”
- Transliteration
- re-ga-LIM
- Extended
- reh-ga-LEEM
- IPA
- /rəɡaˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- times
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-ga-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- clause
va-tir-e-NI ha-a-TON va-TET le-fa-NAI ZEH sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-tir-e-NI ha-a-TON va-TET le-fa-NAI ZEH sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM u-LAI nat-TAH mi-pa-NAI KI a-TAH gam-ot-KHA ha-rag-TI ve-o-TAH he-khe-yei-TI
Exegesis
The idiom shalosh regalim {שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֑ים | šā·lōš re·gā·lîm} ‘three times’ uses regel {רֶגֶל | re·gēl} ‘foot’ metaphorically for an occasion.
Root and etymology
r-g-l
“foot”
In context — Numbers 22:33
The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from before me, surely by now I would have killed you, and I would have kept her alive .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:33, so the Hebrew word רְגָלִ֑ים (regalim) 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.22.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.33.W7.S1) and character.