Numbers 22:35:8Num.22.35.W8TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר
ethadavar
“the word”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eet-hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /ʔet.had.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the word
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-da-VAR
- 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 restrictive ve-efes {וְאֶ֗פֶס | wə-ʾefes} ‘but only’ limits permitted speech to et-hadavar {אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר | ʾet ha-dā-vār} ‘the word’, which is specified by the emphatic Piel doublet asher adaber eilekha oto tedaber {אֲשֶׁר־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶיךָ אֹת֣וֹ תְדַבֵּ֑ר} ‘that I will speak to you, you shall speak it’, underscoring literal fidelity.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“word, matter”
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 22:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:35, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר (ethadavar) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.35.W8.S1) and character.