Numbers 24:13:3Num.24.13.W3TAB
מְלֹ֣א
melo
“the fullness”
- Transliteration
- me-LO
- Extended
- meh-LOH
- IPA
- /məˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fullness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-LO
- phraseyour reading level
me-LO bei-TO
- 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
Exegesis
The construct sequence məloʾ bêytô {מְלֹא בֵיתוֹ | mə-lōʾ bêy-tô} ‘fullness of his house’ denotes totality, reinforced by the asyndeton késēp̄ wə-zāhāv {כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב | késēp̄ wə-zā-hāv} ‘silver and gold’.
Root and etymology
l-ʼ-klamed-aleph-kaf
“to send, messenger”
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 24:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 24:13, so the Hebrew word מְלֹ֣א (melo) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.13.W3.S1) and character.