Numbers 23:2:8Num.23.2.W8TAB
וּבִלְעָ֛ם
ubilam
“and Balaam”
- Transliteration
- u-bil-AM
- Extended
- oo-bil-AAM
- IPA
- /uvilˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-bil-AM
- 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
ב־ל־ע
“to swallow”
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 23:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 23:2, so the Hebrew word וּבִלְעָ֛ם (ubilam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.2.W8.S1) and character.