Numbers 23:3:8Num.23.3.W8TAB

יִקָּרֵ֤ה

yikkareh

“it will happen”

Transliteration: yik-ka-REH
Extended: yik-kah-REH
IPA: /jikkaˈreː/

Meaning by language

English: it will happen

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

יִק + קָּ + רֵ֤ה

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yik + ka + reh

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yikkareh

Alphabet Analysis

	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Qof	q — deep k, uvular
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
yik-ka-REH
phraseyour reading level
yik-ka-REH Ye-ho-VAH
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

Balaam’s intent is expressed by the cohortative `wəʾēlĕḵā {וְאֵלְכָה | wəʾēlĕḵā} ‘and I will go’`, while the optative `ʾûlāy yiqqārēh {אוּלַי יִקָּרֵה | ʾûlāy yiqqārēh} ‘perhaps {it} may meet’ conveys uncertainty regarding YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}.

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 23:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 23:3, so the Hebrew word יִקָּרֵ֤ה (yikkareh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.3.W8.S1) and character.

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