Numbers 22:40:7Num.22.40.W7TAB
וְלַשָּׂרִ֖ים
velasarim
“and to the princes”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-sa-RIM
- Extended
- veh-lah-saa-REEM
- IPA
- /vələsaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the princes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-sa-RIM
- clause
va-ye-shal-LAKH le-vil-AM ve-la-sa-RIM a-SHER it-TO
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH ba-LAK ba-KAR va-TSON va-ye-shal-LAKH le-vil-AM ve-la-sa-RIM a-SHER it-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases le-bilam {לְבִלְעָ֔ם | lə-vil-ʿām} and velasarim asher itto {וְלַשָּׂרִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ | wə-la-sā-rîm ’ă-šer ’it-tô} specify the recipients and their attendants. Rendering “portions” captures the distribution of sacrificial gifts rather than a mere message, and the translation preserves the vav-consecutive narrative flow.
Root and etymology
s-rshin-resh
“prince, leader”
In context — Numbers 22:40
And Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he sent portions to Balaam and to the officials who were with him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:40:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:40, so the Hebrew word וְלַשָּׂרִ֖ים (velasarim) 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.22.40.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.40.W7.S1) and character.