Numbers 24:12:7Num.24.12.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥חְתָּ
ashershalakhta
“whom you sent”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-sha-LAHKH-tah
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.ʃaˈlaħ.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom you sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta e-LAI
- 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
š-l-ḥshin-lamed-chet
“to send, dispatch”
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 24:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 24:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥חְתָּ (ashershalakhta) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.12.W7.S1) and character.