Numbers 24:13:2Num.24.13.W2TAB
בָלָ֜ק
balak
“Balak”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAK
- Extended
- baa-LAK
- IPA
- /baˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-LAK
- phraseyour reading level
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK
- clause
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI
- sentence
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet-lamed-qof
“devastator, destroyer”
In context — Numbers 24:13
Even if Balak gave me the full contents of his house, silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond the mouth of the LORD to do good or evil from my own heart; what the LORD says, that I will speak.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 24:13, so the Hebrew word בָלָ֜ק (balak) 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.24.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.13.W2.S1) and character.