Numbers 23:17:7Num.23.17.W7TAB
מוֹאָ֖ב
moav
“of Moab”
- Transliteration
- mo-AV
- Extended
- moh-AAV
- IPA
- /moˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Moab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-AV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-REI mo-AV
- 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 construct chain vesarei Moav {וְשָׂרֵי מוֹאָב | wə-sā-rê mō-ʾāḇ} ‘and officials of Moab’ uses the plural construct to denote the group accompanying Balak.
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 23:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:17, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָ֖ב (moav) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.17.W7.S1) and character.