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

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Result
מְ + לֹ֣א
me + lo
melo

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-LO bei-TO

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.