Numbers 23:7:13Num.23.7.W13TAB
זֹעֲמָ֥ה
zoama
“denounce”
- Transliteration
- zo-a-MA
- Extended
- zoh-ah-MAA
- IPA
- /zoʕaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- denounce
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zo-a-MA
- phraseyour reading level
zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
- 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
z-ʿ-mzayin-ayin-mem
“to be indignant or denounce”
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 23:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word זֹעֲמָ֥ה (zoama) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W13.S1) and character.