Numbers 22:36:2Num.22.36.W2TAB

בָּלָ֖ק

balak

Balak

Transliteration
ba-LAK
Extended
baa-LAHK
IPA
/baˈlaq/

Meaning by language

English
Balak

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Result
בָּ + לָ֖ק
ba + lak
balak

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-LAK

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-MA ba-LAK

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA ba-LAK KI BA bil-AM

  4. 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

Root and etymology

b-l-qbet-lamed-qof

to lay waste

In contextNumbers 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 22:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:36, so the Hebrew word בָּלָ֖ק (balak) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.36.W2.S1) and character.