Numbers 23:16:5Num.23.16.W5TAB
דָּבָ֖ר
davar
“a word”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAR
- IPA
- /daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SEM da-VAR
- clause
va-yi-KAR Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM va-ya-SEM da-VAR be-FIV
- sentence
va-yi-KAR Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM va-ya-SEM da-VAR be-FIV va-yo-MER SHUV el-ba-LAK ve-KOH te-da-BER
Exegesis
The clause vayasem davar be-piv {וַיָּ֥שֶׂם דָּבָר בְּפִ֑יו | way·yā·sem də·var bə·pî·w} ‘he put a word in his mouth’ is an idiomatic prophetic commissioning.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“word”
In context — Numbers 23:16
And the LORD met Balaam, and He put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:16, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֖ר (davar) 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.23.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.16.W5.S1) and character.