Numbers 23:26:2Num.23.26.W2TAB
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- beel-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-an bil-AM
- clause
va-YA-an bil-AM va-YO-mer el-ba-LAK
- sentence
va-YA-an bil-AM va-YO-mer el-ba-LAK ha-LO di-bar-TI e-lei-KHA le-MOR KOL a-sher-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO e-e-SEH
Root and etymology
ב־ל־ע
“to swallow”
In context — Numbers 23:26
And Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the LORD will speak , that I will do’?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 23:26, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָ֔ם (bilam) 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.23.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.26.W2.S1) and character.