Numbers 23:16:6Num.23.16.W6TAB

בְּפִ֑יו

befiv

in his mouth

Transliteration
be-FIV
Extended
beh-FEEV
IPA
/bəˈfiːv/

Meaning by language

English
in his mouth

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Result
בְּ + פִ֑יו
be + fiv
befiv

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-FIV

  2. clause

    va-yi-KAR Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM va-ya-SEM da-VAR be-FIV

  3. 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.

In contextNumbers 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 23:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:16, so the Hebrew word בְּפִ֑יו (befiv) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.16.W6.S1) and character.