Numbers 22:34:15Num.22.34.W15TAB
אִם־רַ֥ע
imra
“if {it is} evil”
- Transliteration
- im-RA
- Extended
- im-RAH
- IPA
- /ʔimˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- if {it is} evil
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
im-RA
- phraseyour reading level
im-RA be-ei-NE-kha
- clause
ve-a-TA im-RA be-ei-NE-kha a-shu-VA LI
- 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 temporal marker wə-’aṭtāh {וְעַתָּ֛ה | wə-’aṭtāh} ‘and now’ introduces the conditional ’im-rāʿ bə-’ênêḵā ’āšūwᵊbā lî {אִם־רַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ אָשׁוּבָה לִּי | ’im-rāʿ bə-’ênêḵā ’āšūwᵊbā lî} ‘if it displeases you, I will return’, closing with a cohortative offering submission. The English shift to subject-verb-object clarifies Balaam’s proposal.
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 22:34:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 22:34, so the Hebrew word אִם־רַ֥ע (imra) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.34.W15.S1) and character.