Numbers 22:37:2Num.22.37.W2TAB

בָּלָ֜ק

balak

Balak

Transliteration
ba-LAK
Extended
baa-LAK
IPA
/baːˈlaq/

Meaning by language

English
Balak

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Result
בָּ + לָ֜ק
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-YO-mer ba-LAK

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM ha-LO sha-LO-akh sha-lakh-TI e-lei-KHA lik-RO-lakh la-MAH lo-ha-lakh-TA e-LAI

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM ha-LO sha-LO-akh sha-lakh-TI e-lei-KHA lik-RO-lakh la-MAH lo-ha-lakh-TA e-LAI ha-um-NAM LO u-KHAL kab-be-DE-kha

Root and etymology

b-l-qbet-lamed-qof

to lay waste

In contextNumbers 22:37

And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not surely send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Indeed, am I not able to honor you?”

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:37:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:37, so the Hebrew word בָּלָ֜ק (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.22.37.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.37.W2.S1) and character.