Numbers 22:35:2Num.22.35.W2TAB
מַלְאַ֨ךְ
malakh
“angel”
- Transliteration
- mal-AKH
- Extended
- mal-AHKH
- IPA
- /malˈʔaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- angel
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
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM LEKH im-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-EFES et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-LE-kha o-TO te-da-BER
- sentence
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM LEKH im-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-EFES et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-LE-kha o-TO te-da-BER va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-sa-REI va-LAK
Exegesis
The compound malakh YHWH {מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | malʼaḵ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘angel of the LORD’ establishes God’s agency through a heavenly envoy.
Root and etymology
l-ʼ-klamed-aleph-kaf
“messenger, sent one”
In context — Numbers 22:35
The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you; you shall speak it.” So Balaam went with Balak’s princes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:35, so the Hebrew word מַלְאַ֨ךְ (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.22.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.35.W2.S1) and character.