Numbers 23:2:9Num.23.2.W9TAB
פָּ֥ר
par
“a bull”
- Transliteration
- PAR
- Extended
- PAAR
- IPA
- /paːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a bull
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
PAR
- phraseyour reading level
PAR va-a-YIL
- 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 nouns pār {פָּ֥ר | pār} and wāʾăyil {וָאַ֖יִל | wāʾăyil} reflect standard sacrificial pairs.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh
“bull”
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 23:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 23:2, so the Hebrew word פָּ֥ר (par) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.2.W9.S1) and character.