Numbers 24:10:9Num.24.10.W9TAB
לָקֹ֤ב
lakov
“to curse”
- Transliteration
- la-KOV
- Extended
- laa-KOOV
- IPA
- /laːˈqov/
Meaning by language
- English
- to curse
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
la-KOV oi-VAI
- clause
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM la-KOV oi-VAI ke-ra-ti-KHA ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH ZEH sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM
- sentence
va-yi-KHAR-AF ba-LAK el-bil-AM va-yis-POK et-ka-PAV va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM la-KOV oi-VAI ke-ra-ti-KHA ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH ZEH sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM
Exegesis
The use of the infinitive construct laqov {לָקֹ֤ב | lā-qōv} ‘to curse’ indicates purpose, subsequently overturned by berakhta {בֵּרַכְתָּ | bē-raḵ-tā} plus the infinitive absolute barekh {בָרֵ֔ךְ | bā-rēḵ} for emphatic repetition.
In context — Numbers 24:10
Then Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them—blessing them—these three times.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 24:10, so the Hebrew word לָקֹ֤ב (lakov) 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.24.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.10.W9.S1) and character.