Numbers 22:8:4Num.22.8.W4TAB

פֹה֙

po

here

Transliteration
PO
Extended
POH
IPA
/poː/

Meaning by language

English
here

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    PO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    li-NU PO

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM li-NU PO ha-LAI-la va-ha-shi-VO-ti et-KHEM da-VAR ka-a-SHER ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM li-NU PO ha-LAI-la va-ha-shi-VO-ti et-KHEM da-VAR ka-a-SHER ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI va-ye-SHE-vu sa-REI-MO-av im-BIL-am

Exegesis

The Qal imperative linu {לִינוּ | li-nū} issues a command in an adverbial clause, with poh hallailah {פֹה הַלַּיְלָה | pô ha-lai-lāh} specifying time and place.

Root and etymology

p-hpeh-heh

mouth

In contextNumbers 22:8

And he said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will return a word to you as the LORD will speak to me.” Then the princes of Moab remained with Balaam.

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:8, so the Hebrew word פֹה֙ (po) 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.22.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.8.W4.S1) and character.