Numbers 24:20:11Num.24.20.W11TAB
אֹבֵֽד׃
oved
“destruction.”
- Transliteration
- o-VED
- Extended
- oh-VEHD
- IPA
- /ʔoˈveːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- destruction.
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
o-VED
- phraseyour reading level
a-DEI o-VED
- clause
re-shit go-YIM a-ma-LEK ve-a-kha-ri-TO a-DEI o-VED
- sentence
va-yar et-a-ma-LEK va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR re-shit go-YIM a-ma-LEK ve-a-kha-ri-TO a-DEI o-VED
Exegesis
The antithetical sequence ve-’acharito ’ădê ’ôvêḏ {וְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ עֲדֵ֥י אֹבֵֽד׃ | wə-’ăḥārı̂ṯô ’ădê ’ôvêḏ} ‘and his end until perishing’ uses the poetic preposition ’ădê to denote totality. The formal “lifted up his oracle” preserves the technical prophetic idiom, whereas the dynamic “began his message” streamlines the expression for modern readers. Both translations respect the Hebrew word order to maintain the impact of “first” and “end.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-daleph-bet-dalet
“perish, be lost”
In context — Numbers 24:20
And he saw Amalek and lifted up his oracle, and he said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be utter destruction.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 24:20, so the Hebrew word אֹבֵֽד׃ (oved) 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.24.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.20.W11.S1) and character.