Numbers 25:5:9Num.25.5.W9TAB
לְבַֽעַל־פְּעֽוֹר׃
levaalpeor
“to Baal of Peor”
- Transliteration
- le-va-AL-pe-OR
- Extended
- le-va-AHL-peh-OHR
- IPA
- /ləvaːˈʕal.pəˈʕoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Baal of Peor
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-va-AL-pe-OR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ni-tza-MI-dim le-va-AL-pe-OR
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-SHOF-tei yis-ra-EL hir-GU EESH a-na-SHAV ha-ni-tza-MI-dim le-va-AL-pe-OR
Exegesis
The participle hanitzmadim {הַנִּצְמָדִים | han-nîṣ-ma-ḏîm} ‘those who have joined themselves’ qualifies the object, and the prepositional phrase lebaal peor {לְבַעַל פְּעֽוֹר | lə-ba-ʿal pə-ʿôr} ‘to Baal of Peor’ identifies the idol. This structure preserves Hebrew distributive and participial nuances in English, emphasizing direct agency and collective complicity in idolatry.
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-lbet–ayin–lamed
“owner, lord”
In context — Numbers 25:5
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Kill each man his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 25:5, so the Hebrew word לְבַֽעַל־פְּעֽוֹר׃ (levaalpeor) 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.25.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.5.W9.S1) and character.