Numbers 22:34:12Num.22.34.W12TAB

לִקְרָאתִ֖י

likrati

“before me”

Transliteration: lik-ra-TI
Extended: lih-kraa-TEE
IPA: /likraːtˈiː/

Meaning by language

English: before me

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לִקְ + רָא + תִ֖י

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lik + ra + ti

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likrati

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Qof	q — deep k, uvular
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tav	t as in top
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
lik-ra-TI
phraseyour reading level
nits-AV lik-ra-TI
clause
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH kha-ta-TI KI LO ya-dat-TI KI a-TA nits-AV lik-ra-TI ba-da-REKH
sentence
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH kha-ta-TI KI LO ya-dat-TI KI a-TA nits-AV lik-ra-TI ba-da-REKH ve-a-TA im-RA be-ei-NE-kha a-shu-VA LI

Exegesis

The participial phrase nitsṣāḇ liqrōʾtî {נִצָּ֥ב לִקְרָאתִ֖י | nitsṣāḇ liqrōʾtî} ‘standing to meet me’ serves as an agentive circumstance.

In context — Numbers 22:34

And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD , "I have sinned , for I did not know that you were standing to meet me on the road. Now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will turn back."

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:34:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:34, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתִ֖י (likrati) 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.22.34.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.34.W12.S1) and character.

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