Numbers 22:6:17Num.22.6.W17TAB
אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ֙
ashertevarekh
“whom you bless”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-te-va-REKH
- Extended
- ah-shehr-teh-vah-REKH
- IPA
- /ʔaʃer.təvaˈreχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom you bless
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-te-va-REKH
- phraseyour reading level
ET a-sher-te-va-REKH
- clause
KI ya-DA-ti ET a-sher-te-va-REKH me-vo-RACH va-a-SHER ta-OR yu-AR
- sentence
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz KI ya-DA-ti ET a-sher-te-va-REKH me-vo-RACH va-a-SHER ta-OR yu-AR
Exegesis
A second ki clause, ki yadatti {כִּי יָדַעְתִּי | kî yā-ḏa-ttî} ‘for I know’, frames parallel relative constructions ashertevarekh…mevorakh {אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ מְבֹרָךְ | ’ă-šer-tə-ḇā-rē-ḵ mə-ḇō-rā-ḵ} ‘that whoever you bless is blessed’ and waasher taor yu’ar {וַאֲשֶׁר תָּאֹר יוּאָֽר | wā-’ă-šer tā-’ôr yū-’ār} ‘and whoever you curse is cursed’, creating a chiastic parallelism that underscores divine authority.
Root and etymology
b-r-k
“to kneel, bless”
In context — Numbers 22:6
And now, please go curse these people for me, because they are mightier than I; perhaps I shall strike them and drive them out from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 22:6, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ֙ (ashertevarekh) 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.22.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.6.W17.S1) and character.