Numbers 23:7:10Num.23.7.W10TAB
אָֽרָה־לִּ֣י
arali
“curse for me”
- Transliteration
- a-RA-li
- Extended
- aa-RAA-LEE
- IPA
- /ʔaˈraː.lˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- curse for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-RA-li
- phraseyour reading level
a-RA-li ya-a-KOV
- clause
min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Finally, the paired imperatives ləḵâ ’ārāh-lî {לְכָה אָֽרָה־לִּ֣י | ləḵâ ’ārāh-lî} and ûl’əkhâ zōʿâmâ {וּלְכָה זֹעֲמָ֥ה | ûl’əḵâ zōʿâmâ} structure the dual commands to curse and to denounce Israel, highlighting urgency and emotional force.
Root and etymology
’-r-haleph-resh-heh
“to pronounce a curse”
In context — Numbers 23:7
Then he lifted up his oracle and said, “Balak the king of Moab has led me from Aram from the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word אָֽרָה־לִּ֣י (arali) 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.23.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W10.S1) and character.