Numbers 23:7:2Num.23.7.W2TAB
מְשָׁל֖וֹ
meshalo
“his discourse”
- Transliteration
- me-sha-LO
- Extended
- meh-shaa-LOH
- IPA
- /məʃaˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his discourse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-sha-LO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO
- clause
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR
- 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
The noun meshalo {מְשָׁל֖וֹ | mešālô} ‘oracle’ signals a formal prophetic utterance.
Root and etymology
m-š-lmem-shin-lamed
“to utter a proverb or oracle”
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 23:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word מְשָׁל֖וֹ (meshalo) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W2.S1) and character.