Numbers 23:28:7Num.23.28.W7TAB
עַל־פְּנֵ֥י
alpenei
“over the face of”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NEI
- Extended
- al-peh-NEI
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈnej/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the face of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-pe-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NEI hai-shi-MON
- clause
ROSH hap-OR han-nish-KAF al-pe-NEI hai-shi-MON
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ba-LAK et-bil-AM ROSH hap-OR han-nish-KAF al-pe-NEI hai-shi-MON
Exegesis
The idiom al penei {עַל־פְּנֵ֥י | ʿal pənê} plus ha-yeshimon {הַיְשִׁימֹֽן | ha-yĕšîmôn} literally means “over the face of the wasteland.” English renders the Hebrew VSO as SVO and converts the participle into a relative clause, preserving geographic specificity and narrative flow.
In context — Numbers 23:28
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the face of the wasteland .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:28, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵ֥י (alpenei) 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.23.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.28.W7.S1) and character.