Numbers 24:12:2Num.24.12.W2TAB
בִּלְעָ֖ם
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- beel-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer bil-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-ba-LAK
- sentence
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-ba-LAK ha-LO GAM el-mal-a-KHEI-kha a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta e-LAI di-bar-TI le-MOR
Exegesis
The speaker Bil’am {בִּלְעָם | bil‘ām} appears before the addressee el-balak {אֶל־בָּלָק | ʾel-bā-lāq}, framed by the prepositional construct.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-m
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 24:12
Balaam said to Balak, “Have I not also told your messengers whom you sent to me, saying?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 24:12, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָ֖ם (bilam) 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.24.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.12.W2.S1) and character.