Numbers 22:39:3Num.22.39.W3TAB
עִם־בָּלָ֑ק
imbalak
“with Balak”
- Transliteration
- im-BA-lak
- Extended
- eem-BAA-lak
- IPA
- /ʕimˈbaːlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- with Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-BA-lak
- clause
va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-BA-lak
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-BA-lak va-ya-VO-u kir-YAT khu-TSOT
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive in Qal imperfect—vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’—linking Balaam and Balak through the preposition im {עִם־ | ʿim} ‘with’.
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet–lamed–qof
“destroyer”
In context — Numbers 22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:39, so the Hebrew word עִם־בָּלָ֑ק (imbalak) 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.22.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.39.W3.S1) and character.