Numbers 23:15:5Num.23.15.W5TAB
עַל־עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ
alolatekha
“by your burnt-offering”
- Transliteration
- al-o-la-TE-kha
- Extended
- al-oh-lah-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕoːlaˈtexa/
Meaning by language
- English
- by your burnt-offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-o-la-TE-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ba-LAK hit-ya-TSEV KOH al-o-la-TE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ba-LAK hit-ya-TSEV KOH al-o-la-TE-kha ve-a-no-KHI ik-ka-REH KOH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal-ōlāṯe-kha {עַל־עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ | ʿōlāṯe-kha} situates the addressee beside a cultic olah {עֹלָה | ʿōlā}, emphasizing ritual context.
In context — Numbers 23:15
And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering , and I will go over there to meet him.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:15, so the Hebrew word עַל־עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ (alolatekha) 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.23.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.15.W5.S1) and character.