Numbers 23:27:5Num.23.27.W5TAB
אֶקָּ֣חֲךָ֔
ekkakha
“I will take you”
- Transliteration
- ek-ka-kha
- Extended
- ehk-KAA-kha
- IPA
- /ʔɛkˈkaħaxˌaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will take you
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ek-ka-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM le-KHA-NA ek-ka-kha el-ma-KOM a-KHER
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM le-KHA-NA ek-ka-kha el-ma-KOM a-KHER u-LAI yi-shar be-ey-NEI ha-e-lo-HIM ve-ka-BO-to li mi-SHAM
Exegesis
Ekkachakha {אֶקָּחֲךָ | ʾeqqāḥăḵā} ‘I will take you’ expresses a first person singular pledge.
In context — Numbers 23:27
And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God for you to curse them for me from there.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:27, so the Hebrew word אֶקָּ֣חֲךָ֔ (ekkakha) 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.23.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.27.W5.S1) and character.