Numbers 24:22:3Num.24.22.W3TAB
לְבָ֣עֵֽר
levaer
“for burning”
- Transliteration
- le-va-ER
- Extended
- leh-vaa-EHR
- IPA
- /ləvaˈʕeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for burning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-va-ER
- phraseyour reading level
le-va-ER KA-yin
- clause
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin
- sentence
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin AD-mah a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
Exegesis
The Piel infinitive construct le-vaʿer {לְבָעֵר | lə-vāʿēr} ‘to burn up’ governs the proper noun kayin {קָיִן | qāyīn} ‘Kenite’, establishing a hypothetical judgment.
Root and etymology
bet–ayin–reshb-ʿ-r
“to burn, consume”
In context — Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite will be burned up , until Assyria carries you away captive.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 24:22, so the Hebrew word לְבָ֣עֵֽר (levaer) 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.24.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.22.W3.S1) and character.