Numbers 23:18:5Num.23.18.W5TAB
בָּלָק֙
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAK
- IPA
- /baˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-LAK
- phraseyour reading level
KOOM ba-LAK
- clause
KOOM ba-LAK u-she-MA ha-a-zi-NA a-DAI be-NO tsee-POR
- sentence
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR KOOM ba-LAK u-she-MA ha-a-zi-NA a-DAI be-NO tsee-POR
Exegesis
The imperatives kum {קוּם | kūm} ‘arise’, ushma {וּשְׁמָע | ūšmaʿ} ‘hear’, and haazina {הַאֲזִינָה | ha’ăzînāh} ‘give ear’ are directed at Balak {בָּלָק | Bālāk}, creating a layered summons.
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet–lamed–qof
“to devastate”
In context — Numbers 23:18
Then he lifted up his proverb and said: "Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor."
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:18, so the Hebrew word בָּלָק֙ (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.23.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.18.W5.S1) and character.