Numbers 22:9:8Num.22.9.W8TAB
עִמָּֽךְ׃
immakh
“with you?”
- Transliteration
- im-MAKH
- Extended
- im-MAHKH
- IPA
- /imˈmaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with you?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
im-MAKH
- clause
va-yo-MER MI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le im-MAKH
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM va-yo-MER MI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le im-MAKH
Exegesis
The interrogative mî {מִי | mî} ‘who’ is fronted to introduce the direct question, with the demonstrative hā-ʼănāšîm hā-ʼēlleh {הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה | hāʼănāšîm hāʼēlleh} ‘the men these’ emphasizing particular participants, and the suffix in ʿimmāḵ {עִמָּךְ | ʿimmāḵ} ‘with you’ marking association, all rendered in SVO order in English to preserve rhetorical effect.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin-mem-mem
“to be with, accompany”
In context — Numbers 22:9
And God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:9, so the Hebrew word עִמָּֽךְ׃ (immakh) 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.22.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.9.W8.S1) and character.