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

Result
בָּ + לָ֗ק
ba + lak
balak

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ba-LAK

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.