Numbers 23:7:8Num.23.7.W8TAB
מֵֽהַרְרֵי־קֶ֔דֶם
meharreikedem
“from the eastern mountains”
- Transliteration
- me-har-REI-KE-dem
- Extended
- meh-har-REI-KEH-dem
- IPA
- /mehaʁˈreː.keˈdɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the eastern mountains
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-har-REI-KE-dem
- 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
The compound preposition mēharrei qěḏem {מֵֽהַרְרֵי־קֶ֔דֶם | mēharrei qěḏem} emphasizes the remote, elevated setting.
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 23:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word מֵֽהַרְרֵי־קֶ֔דֶם (meharreikedem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W8.S1) and character.