Numbers 24:15:2Num.24.15.W2TAB
מְשָׁל֖וֹ
meshalo
“his parable”
- Transliteration
- me-sha-LO
- Extended
- meh-sha-LOH
- IPA
- /məʃaˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his parable
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-sha-LO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO
- clause
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR ne-UM bil-AM be-NO be-OR u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver she-TUM ha-AI-yin
Exegesis
The noun meshalo {מְשָׁל֖וֹ | mešālô} “oracle” signals the formal genre of prophetic discourse.
Root and etymology
m-sh-lmem–shin–lamed
“to speak in parable”
In context — Numbers 24:15
And he lifted up his oracle and said, “The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eye is opened.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 24:15, so the Hebrew word מְשָׁל֖וֹ (meshalo) 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.24.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.15.W2.S1) and character.