Numbers 23:30:2Num.23.30.W2TAB
בָּלָ֔ק
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAK
- IPA
- /baːˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-LAK
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS ba-LAK
- clause
va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER a-MAR bil-AM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER a-MAR bil-AM va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet–lamed–qof
“to devastate”
In context — Numbers 23:30
So Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 23:30, so the Hebrew word בָּלָ֔ק (balak) 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.23.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.30.W2.S1) and character.