Numbers 23:25:4Num.23.25.W4TAB
גַּם־קֹ֖ב
gamkov
“also curse”
- Transliteration
- gam-KOV
- Extended
- gahm-KOHV
- IPA
- /ɡamˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- also curse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gam-KOV
- clause
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM gam-KOV LO tik-ko-VE-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM gam-KOV LO tik-ko-VE-nu gam-ba-REKH LO te-va-ra-KHE-nu
Exegesis
A paratactic prohibition employs infinitive absolutes qov {קֹב | qōb} and barekh {בָּרֵךְ | bāreḵ} for emphasis, each reinforced by an imperfect verb tiqqōvenû {תִקֳּבֶנּוּ | tiqqōvenû} and tebārăḵenû {תְבָרֲכֶֽנּוּ | tebārăḵenû}.
The adverb gam {גַּם־ | gam} intensifies each command, while lo {לֹא | lōʾ} marks negation, resulting in a balanced parallelism that heightens the absolute ban.
Root and etymology
ק־ב־ע
“to curse, bind by spell”
In context — Numbers 23:25
Then Balak said to Balaam, “You must neither curse them at all nor bless them at all.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:25, so the Hebrew word גַּם־קֹ֖ב (gamkov) 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.23.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.25.W4.S1) and character.