Numbers 24:1:11Num.24.1.W11TAB
לִקְרַ֣את
likrat
“to seek”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lik-RAAT
- IPA
- /liqˈraːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RAT ne-kha-SHIM
- clause
va-YAR bil-AM KI TOV be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-va-REKH ET-Yis-ra-EL ve-LO-ha-LAKH ke-PA-am-be-PA-am lik-RAT ne-kha-SHIM
- sentence
va-YAR bil-AM KI TOV be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-va-REKH ET-Yis-ra-EL ve-LO-ha-LAKH ke-PA-am-be-PA-am lik-RAT ne-kha-SHIM va-YA-shet el-ham-mid-BAR pa-NAV
Exegesis
The negated perfect velo-halak ke-paam-be-faam {וְלֹא־הָלַךְ כְּפַעַם־בְּפַעַם | wə-lōʾ-hālak kə-p̄aʿam bə-p̄aʿam} contrasts this instance with Balaam’s habitual pursuit of divination (likrat nechashim {לִקְרַאת נְחָשִׁים | li-qrāṯ ne-ḥā-šîm}).
In context — Numbers 24:1
And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of the LORD to bless Israel, and he did not go as at other times to seek omens , but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 24:1, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֣את (likrat) 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.24.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.1.W11.S1) and character.