Numbers 23:11:7Num.23.11.W7TAB
לָקֹ֤ב
lakov
“to curse”
- Transliteration
- la-KOV
- Extended
- laa-KOHV
- IPA
- /laːˈqov/
Meaning by language
- English
- to curse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
la-KOV oy-vai
- 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 Qal infinitive construct laqov {לָקֹ֤ב | lā-qōḇ} ‘to curse’ expresses purpose toward oyvai {אֹיְבַי֙ | ʼō-yĕ-vāy} ‘my enemies’.
Root and etymology
q-w-bqof-waw-beth
“to curse, invoke harm”
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 23:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:11, so the Hebrew word לָקֹ֤ב (lakov) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.11.W7.S1) and character.