Numbers 23:3:16Num.23.3.W16TAB
שֶֽׁפִי׃
shefi
“to a bare height”
- Transliteration
- she-FI
- Extended
- sheh-FEE
- IPA
- /ʃɛˈfi/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a bare height
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-FI
- clause
va-ye-LEKH she-FI
- sentence
va-yo-MER bil-AM le-va-LAK hit-ya-TSEV al-o-la-TE-kha ve-el-KHA u-LAI yik-ka-REH Ye-ho-VAH lik-ra-TI ud-VAHR ma-yar-E-ni ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH va-ye-LEKH she-FI
Exegesis
The narrative then resumes with `wayyēleḵ {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’` to `šephî {שֶׁפִי | šephî} ‘bare height’’, marking Balaam’s movement to an isolated elevation.
In context — Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD may meet me, and whatever word He shows me I will declare to you.” Then he went to a barren height.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 23:3, so the Hebrew word שֶֽׁפִי׃ (shefi) 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.23.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.3.W16.S1) and character.