Numbers 23:29:2Num.23.29.W2TAB
בִּלְעָם֙
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- bil-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʔaːm/
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-yo-MER bil-AM
- clause
va-yo-MER bil-AM el-ba-LAK be-NE-li va-ZEH shiv-A miz-be-KHOT
- sentence
va-yo-MER bil-AM el-ba-LAK be-NE-li va-ZEH shiv-A miz-be-KHOT ve-ha-KEN li va-ZEH shiv-A fa-REEM ve-shiv-A ei-LEEM
Root and etymology
ב־ל־ע
“to swallow”
In context — Numbers 23:29
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 23:29, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָם֙ (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.23.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.29.W2.S1) and character.