Numbers 24:25:2Num.24.25.W2TAB
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- bil-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM bil-AM
- clause
va-ya-KAM bil-AM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-SHAV leem-ko-MO
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-SHAV leem-ko-MO ve-GAM-ba-LAK ha-LAKH le-dar-KO
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-m
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 24:25
Then Balaam arose and went and returned to his place , and Balak also went on his way.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 24:25, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָ֔ם (bilam) 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.24.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.25.W2.S1) and character.