Numbers 24:3:5Num.24.3.W5TAB
בִּלְעָם֙
bilam
“of Balaam”
- Transliteration
- bil-AM
- Extended
- bil-AAM
- IPA
- /bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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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The word
Word in context
- word
bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ne-UM bil-AM
- clause
ne-UM bil-AM be-NO be-OR u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver she-TUM ha-AI-in
- 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-in
Exegesis
The construct chain bilam beno beor {בִּלְעָם בְּנוֹ בְּעוֹר | bilʻām bĕnô bĕʻôr} identifies the prophet and his lineage.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-m
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 24:3
And he lifted up his oracle and said, “The utterance of Balaam son of Beor, and the utterance of the man whose eye is opened .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 24:3, so the Hebrew word בִּלְעָם֙ (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.24.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.3.W5.S1) and character.