Numbers 23:21:5Num.23.21.W5TAB
עָמָ֖ל
amal
“trouble”
- Transliteration
- a-MAL
- Extended
- aa-MAHL
- IPA
- /ʕaˈmaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- trouble
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
a-MAL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-ra-AH a-MAL
- clause
lo-hi-BIT A-ven be-ya-a-KOV ve-lo-ra-AH a-MAL be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
lo-hi-BIT A-ven be-ya-a-KOV ve-lo-ra-AH a-MAL be-yis-ra-EL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAIV im-MO u-te-RU-at ME-lekh BO
Exegesis
lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ introduces two parallel perfect clauses modifying hibbit {הִבִּיט | hiḇbîṭ} ‘he has beheld’ and ra’ah {רָאָה | rāʿâ} ‘he has seen,’ each linked to its object—aven {אָוֶן | ʾāwen} ‘iniquity’ and ʿamal {עָמָל | ʿāmal} ‘hardship’—in Ya‘akov {בְּיַעֲקֹב | bə-yaʿăqōḇ} and in Yisra’ēl {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə-yiśrā’ēl}, creating a chiastic parallelism that underscores Israel’s innocence.
In context — Numbers 23:21
He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen trouble in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:21, so the Hebrew word עָמָ֖ל (amal) 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.23.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.21.W5.S1) and character.