Numbers 23:5:3Num.23.5.W3TAB
דָּבָ֖ר
davar
“a word”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a word
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-VAR
- clause
va-YA-sem Ye-ho-VAH da-VAR be-FI vil-AM
- sentence
va-YA-sem Ye-ho-VAH da-VAR be-FI vil-AM va-yo-MER SHUV el-ba-LAK ve-KOH te-da-BER
Exegesis
YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} functions as the subject of supernatural communication, with davar {דָּבָר | dāḇār} acting as the direct object inserted into the prepositional construct befi Bilam {בְּפִי בִלְעָם | bep̄î Bilʿām} ‘in the mouth of Balaam’.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“word, speech”
In context — Numbers 23:5
Then the LORD put a word in the mouth of Balaam, and He said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:5, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֖ר (davar) 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.23.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.5.W3.S1) and character.