Numbers 23:17:5Num.23.17.W5TAB
עַל־עֹ֣לָת֔וֹ
alolato
“by his burnt offering”
- Transliteration
- al-o-la-TO
- Extended
- ahl-oh-lah-TOH
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕoˈlaːtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by his 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-o-la-TO
- clause
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO
- 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
Exegesis
The locative phrase al-olato {עַל־עֹלָתוֹ | ʿal-ō-lā-ṯāw} ‘upon his burnt offering’ establishes spatial and ritual proximity to the altar.
In context — Numbers 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 23:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־עֹ֣לָת֔וֹ (alolato) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.17.W5.S1) and character.