Numbers 23:20:4Num.23.20.W4TAB
וּבֵרֵ֖ךְ
uverekh
“he has blessed”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-REKH
- Extended
- oo-veh-REKH
- IPA
- /uːveˈreχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he has blessed
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-REKH
- clause
u-ve-REKH ve-LO a-shi-VE-na
- sentence
hi-NEH ba-REKH la-KAKH-ti u-ve-REKH ve-LO a-shi-VE-na
Exegesis
The Vav-consecutive sequence uverekh {וּבֵרֵ֖ךְ | ū-bē-rē-ḵ} ‘and he has blessed’ mirrors the initial intensification, underscoring divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-resh-kaph
“to bless”
In context — Numbers 23:20
Behold, I have received a command to bless; God has blessed, and I cannot turn it back .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:20, so the Hebrew word וּבֵרֵ֖ךְ (uverekh) 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.23.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.20.W4.S1) and character.