Numbers 23:2:7Num.23.2.W7TAB
בָּלָ֧ק
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAHK
- IPA
- /baːˈlaq/
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
va-ya-AL ba-LAK u-bil-AM
- clause
va-ya-AL ba-LAK u-bil-AM PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER di-BER bil-AM va-ya-AL ba-LAK u-bil-AM PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The repeated subjects Bālāq ūbilʿām {בָּלָ֧ק וּבִלְעָ֛ם | Bālāq ūbilʿām} highlight their joint participation.
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet–lamed–qof
“to devastate”
In context — Numbers 23:2
And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:2, so the Hebrew word בָּלָ֧ק (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.23.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.2.W7.S1) and character.