Numbers 23:11:12Num.23.11.W12TAB
בָרֵֽךְ׃
varekh
“blessing”
- Transliteration
- va-REKH
- Extended
- vaa-REHKH
- IPA
- /vaˈrex/
Meaning by language
- English
- blessing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
va-REKH
- phraseyour reading level
be-rakh-TA va-REKH
- clause
la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH
Exegesis
The interjection vehinneh {וְהִנֵּ֖ה | wə-hin-nē} ‘and behold’ marks a result clause intensified by the Piel perfect berakhta {בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ | bē-rāḵ-tā} plus infinitive absolute barekh {בָרֵֽךְ | ba-rēḵ}, an emphatic doubling conveying “you have surely blessed.” Each reconstruction preserves the Hebrew’s purpose–result and complaint–outcome structure.
Root and etymology
b-r-kbeth-resh-kaph
“to bless, confer favor”
In context — Numbers 23:11
And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies , but behold, you have surely blessed them.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 23:11, so the Hebrew word בָרֵֽךְ׃ (varekh) 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.23.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.11.W12.S1) and character.