Numbers 23:11:2Num.23.11.W2TAB
בָּלָק֙
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAK
- IPA
- /baːˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-LAK
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER ba-LAK
- clause
va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI
- 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
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet–lamed–qof
“to devastate”
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 23:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 23:11, so the Hebrew word בָּלָק֙ (balak) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.11.W2.S1) and character.