Numbers 24:25:6Num.24.25.W6TAB
וְגַם־בָּלָ֖ק
vegambalak
“and also Balak”
- Transliteration
- ve-GAM-ba-LAK
- Extended
- veh-GAHM-ba-LAAK
- IPA
- /vəˈɡam.baˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also Balak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-GAM-ba-LAK
- clause
ve-GAM-ba-LAK ha-LAKH le-dar-KO
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-SHAV leem-ko-MO ve-GAM-ba-LAK ha-LAKH le-dar-KO
Exegesis
The conjunctive wə-gam {וְגַם | wə-gam} ‘and also’ introduces a parallel clause with Bālāq {בָּלָק | Bālāq}, followed by hālaḵ {הָלַךְ | hālaḵ} ‘he went’ and lə-dar-kô {לְדַרְכּוֹ | lə-dar-kô} ‘to his way’, reinforcing symmetric structure. English rendering preserves the original verb sequence and possessive prepositional complements while adopting SVO order for clarity.
Root and etymology
b-l-qbet-lamed-qof
“devastator, destroyer”
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 24:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 24:25, so the Hebrew word וְגַם־בָּלָ֖ק (vegambalak) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.25.W6.S1) and character.