Numbers 23:13:3Num.23.13.W3TAB
בָּלָ֗ק
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAK
- IPA
- /baˈlaq/
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
- clause
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
- 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
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet–lamed–qof
“to devastate”
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 23:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:13, so the Hebrew word בָּלָ֗ק (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.23.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.13.W3.S1) and character.