Numbers 23:9:7Num.23.9.W7TAB
לְבָדָ֣ד
levadad
“dwelling alone”
- Transliteration
- le-va-DAD
- Extended
- leh-va-DAAD
- IPA
- /ləvaˈdaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelling alone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-va-DAD
- phraseyour reading level
le-va-DAD yish-KON
- clause
hen-AM le-va-DAD yish-KON u-va-go-YIM LO yit-cha-SHAV
- sentence
kee-me-ROSH tsu-REEM er-e-NU u-mig-ge-va-OT a-shu-RE-NU hen-AM le-va-DAD yish-KON u-va-go-YIM LO yit-cha-SHAV
Exegesis
The interjection hen {הֶן | hēn} marks an emphatic shift to the main assertion: am levadad yishkon {עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן} portrays Israel as a people who dwells alone, where levadad {לְבָדָד | lə-ḇāḏāḏ} intensifies separation.
Root and etymology
ב־ד־ד
“alone, separate”
In context — Numbers 23:9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him; behold, a people who dwells alone and is not reckoned among the nations.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:9, so the Hebrew word לְבָדָ֣ד (levadad) 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.23.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.9.W7.S1) and character.