Numbers 23:3:5Num.23.3.W5TAB
עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ֒
alolatekha
“by your burnt offering”
- Transliteration
- al-o-la-TE-kha
- Extended
- ahl-oh-lah-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕoːlaˈteːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- by your burnt offering
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
al-o-la-TE-kha
- 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
- 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 imperative `hittāṣēv {הִתְיַצֵּב | hittāṣēv} ‘stand’` is followed by the prepositional phrase `ʿal-ʿōlāteḵā {עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ | ʿal-ʿōlāteḵā} ‘on your burnt offering’`, positioning Balak.
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 23:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ֒ (alolatekha) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.3.W5.S1) and character.