Numbers 22:36:5Num.22.36.W5TAB
בִלְעָ֑ם
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- bil-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
KI BA bil-AM
- clause
va-yish-MA ba-LAK KI BA bil-AM
- 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
Rootayin-mem
“people”
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 22:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:36, so the Hebrew word בִלְעָ֑ם (bilam) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.36.W5.S1) and character.