Numbers 23:3:3Num.23.3.W3TAB

לְבָלָ֗ק

levalak

to Balak

Transliteration
le-va-LAK
Extended
leh-va-LAAK
IPA
/ləvaˈlaːq/

Meaning by language

English
to Balak

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Result
לְ + בָ + לָ֗ק
le + va + lak
levalak

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-va-LAK

  2. clause

    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

  3. 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

Root and etymology

b-l-qbet–lamed–qof

to devastate

In contextNumbers 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 23:3:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:3, so the Hebrew word לְבָלָ֗ק (levalak) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.3.W3.S1) and character.