Numbers 22:36:14Num.22.36.W14TAB
בִּקְצֵ֥ה
biktse
“at the end of”
- Transliteration
- bik-TSE
- Extended
- bik-TSEH
- IPA
- /biqˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the end of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bik-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
bik-TSE hag-VUL
- clause
va-ye-TSE lik-ra-TO el-IR mo-AV a-SHER al-ge-VUL ar-NON a-SHER bik-TSE hag-VUL
- sentence
va-yish-MA ba-LAK KI BA bil-AM va-ye-TSE lik-ra-TO el-IR mo-AV a-SHER al-ge-VUL ar-NON a-SHER bik-TSE hag-VUL
Exegesis
Two relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} successively modify al-gevul Arnon {עַל־גְּב֣וּל אַרְנֹ֔ן | ʿal-gevûl ʾArnōn} and biktse ha-gevul {בִּקְצֵ֥ה הַגְּבֽוּל | biqṣēh ha-gevûl}, creating nested geographic precision that the translations preserve.
Root and etymology
q-ṣ-ʿQof-Tsade-ʿayin
“edge, extremity”
In context — Numbers 22:36
And Balak heard that Balaam had come, and he went out to meet him at the city of Moab , which is on the border of Arnon, which is at the edge of the territory .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:36:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 22:36, so the Hebrew word בִּקְצֵ֥ה (biktse) 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.22.36.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.36.W14.S1) and character.