Numbers 23:7:6Num.23.7.W6TAB
בָלָ֤ק
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAAK
- IPA
- /baˈlaq/
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
yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av
- 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
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet–lamed–qof
“to devastate”
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 23:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word בָלָ֤ק (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.23.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W6.S1) and character.