Numbers 22:41:4Num.22.41.W4TAB
בָּלָק֙
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAHK
- IPA
- /baˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ba-LAK
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KAKH ba-LAK
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-yi-KAKH ba-LAK ET-bil-AM va-ya-a-LE-hu ba-MOT BA-al
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-yi-KAKH ba-LAK ET-bil-AM va-ya-a-LE-hu ba-MOT BA-al va-YAR mi-SHAM ke-TSEH ha-AM
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet-lamed-qof
“to lay waste”
In context — Numbers 22:41
And it happened in the morning that Balak took Bilaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; and from there he saw the edge of the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:41, so the Hebrew word בָּלָק֙ (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.22.41.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.41.W4.S1) and character.