Numbers 22:37:3Num.22.37.W3TAB
אֶל־בִּלְעָ֗ם
elbilam
“to Balaam”
- Transliteration
- el-bil-AM
- Extended
- EHL-beel-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-bil-AM
- 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
- 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
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 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 22:37:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:37, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בִּלְעָ֗ם (elbilam) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.37.W3.S1) and character.