Numbers 24:3:8Num.24.3.W8TAB
וּנְאֻ֥ם
uneum
“and utterance”
- Transliteration
- u-ne-UM
- Extended
- oo-neh-UHM
- IPA
- /u.nəˈʔum/
Meaning by language
- English
- and utterance
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-ne-UM
- phraseyour reading level
u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver
- 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 noun mesholo {מְשָׁלוֹ | mĕšālō} “oracle” designates a parabolic pronouncement, and the repeated formula neum {נְאֻם | nĕʼûm} “utterance” frames two parallel announcements.
Root and etymology
n-’-mnun–aleph–mem
“utterance”
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 24:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 24:3, so the Hebrew word וּנְאֻ֥ם (uneum) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.3.W8.S1) and character.