Numbers 22:38:3Num.22.38.W3TAB
אֶל־בָּלָ֗ק
elbalak
“to Balak”
- Transliteration
- el-ba-LAK
- Extended
- el-ba-LAAK
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.baˈlaːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Balak
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ba-LAK
- clause
va-yo-MER bil-AM el-ba-LAK hin-NEH-ba-TI e-le-KHA a-TAH ha-ya-KHOL u-KHAL da-BER me-u-MAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER bil-AM el-ba-LAK hin-NEH-ba-TI e-le-KHA a-TAH ha-ya-KHOL u-KHAL da-BER me-u-MAH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ya-SIM e-lo-HIM be-FI o-TO a-da-BER
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet-lamed-qof
“to lay waste”
In context — Numbers 22:38
And Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you now. Am I truly able to speak anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I will speak.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:38, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בָּלָ֗ק (elbalak) 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.22.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.38.W3.S1) and character.