Numbers 22:6:20Num.22.6.W20TAB
תָּאֹ֖ר
taor
“you curse”
- Transliteration
- ta-OR
- Extended
- taa-OHR
- IPA
- /taˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you curse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ta-OR
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SHER ta-OR
- 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
ʾ-r-raleph-resh-resh
“to curse, to bind under oath”
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 22:6:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Numbers 22:6, so the Hebrew word תָּאֹ֖ר (taor) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.6.W20.S1) and character.