Numbers 23:17:11Num.23.17.W11TAB

בָּלָ֔ק

balak

Balak

Transliteration
ba-LAK
Extended
baa-LAAK
IPA
/baˈlaːq/

Meaning by language

English
Balak

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Result
בָּ + לָ֔ק
ba + lak
balak

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-LAK

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER LO ba-LAK mah-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO va-yo-MER LO ba-LAK mah-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH

Root and etymology

b-l-qbet–lamed–qof

to devastate

In contextNumbers 23:17

And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the officials of Moab were with him. Then Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 23:17, so the Hebrew word בָּלָ֔ק (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.23.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.17.W11.S1) and character.