Numbers 22:7:6Num.22.7.W6TAB
וּקְסָמִ֖ים
ukesamim
“and with divination fees”
- Transliteration
- u-ke-sa-MIM
- Extended
- oo-keh-sah-MEEM
- IPA
- /ukəsɔˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with divination fees
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
u-ke-sa-MIM
- clause
va-yeil-KHU zik-NEI mo-AV ve-zik-NEI mid-YAN u-ke-sa-MIM be-ya-DAM
- sentence
va-yeil-KHU zik-NEI mo-AV ve-zik-NEI mid-YAN u-ke-sa-MIM be-ya-DAM va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM va-ye-dab-RU ei-LAV div-REI va-LAK
Exegesis
The phrase ukesamim beyadam {וּקְסָמִים בְּיָדָם | u-ḳə-sā-mîm bə-yā-dām} ‘and omens in their hand’ functions adverbially to describe possession of ritual objects.
Root and etymology
Rootkof-samekh-mem
“seek omens”
In context — Numbers 22:7
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went with divination fees in their hand. Then they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:7, so the Hebrew word וּקְסָמִ֖ים (ukesamim) 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.22.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.7.W6.S1) and character.