Numbers 23:13:17Num.23.13.W17TAB
וְקָבְנוֹ־לִ֖י
vekovnoli
“and curse it for me”
- Transliteration
- ve-kov-NO-li
- Extended
- veh-kov-NOH-lee
- IPA
- /vəqɔvˈnoː.li/
Meaning by language
- English
- and curse it for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kov-NO-li
- clause
ve-kov-NO-li mi-SHAM
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV ba-LAK lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI el-ma-KOM a-KHER a-SHER tir-e-NU mi-SHAM E-fes ka-TSE-hu tir-EH ve-khul-LO LO tir-EH ve-kov-NO-li mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in veqavno-li {וְקָבְנוֹ-לִ֖י | wəqāḇnô-lî} ‘and curse it for me’ expresses the purpose of Balak’s request. The English translation mirrors Hebrew coordination and Balak’s strategy of controlling Balaam’s perspective.
Root and etymology
k-b-nqof-bet-nun
“to curse”
In context — Numbers 23:13
And Balak said to him, “Go, please, with me to another place , where you will see it from there. Only its edge you will see; you will not see all of it. And curse it for me from there.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 23:13, so the Hebrew word וְקָבְנוֹ־לִ֖י (vekovnoli) 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.23.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.13.W17.S1) and character.