Numbers 24:12:6Num.24.12.W6TAB
אֶל־מַלְאָכֶ֛יךָ
elmalakheikha
“to your messengers”
- Transliteration
- el-mal-a-KHEI-kha
- Extended
- el-mal-ah-KHEH-ee-khah
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.malʔaˈxɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your messengers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-mal-a-KHEI-kha
- phraseyour reading level
GAM el-mal-a-KHEI-kha
- clause
ha-LO GAM el-mal-a-KHEI-kha a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta e-LAI di-bar-TI le-MOR
- 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 construct-state el-malakhekha {אֶל־מַלְאָכֶיךָ | ʾel-mal-ʼāḵê-ḵā} specifies possession, refined by the relative clause asher-shalakhta {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥חְתָּ | ʼăšer-šā-laḥ-tā} ‘whom you sent’.
Root and etymology
l-ʼ-klamed-aleph-kaf
“to send, messenger”
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 24:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 24:12, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מַלְאָכֶ֛יךָ (elmalakheikha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.12.W6.S1) and character.