Numbers 33:7:8Num.33.7.W8TAB

בַּ֣עַל

baal

Baal

Transliteration
BA-al
Extended
BAA-al
IPA
/ˈbaʕal/

Meaning by language

English
Baal

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Result
בַּ֣ + עַל
ba + al
baal

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    BA-al

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BA-al tse-FON

  3. clause

    va-yis-U me-e-TAM va-ya-SHAV al-PI ha-khi-ROT a-SHER al-pe-NEI BA-al tse-FON

  4. sentence

    va-yis-U me-e-TAM va-ya-SHAV al-PI ha-khi-ROT a-SHER al-pe-NEI BA-al tse-FON va-ya-kha-NU lif-NEI mig-DOL

Exegesis

The locative al-pi hachirot {עַל־פִּי הַחִירֹת | ʿal-pî hă-ḥî-rōṯ} ‘at the mouth of Hahiroth’ positions the group at the entrance of a desert pass, while the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ links to al-pene baal tsefon {עַל־פְּנֵי בַּעַל צְפוֹן | ʿal-pənê baʿal tsep̄ōn} ‘before Baal Zephon,’ specifying the northern landmark.

In contextNumbers 33:7

And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth , which is before Baal Zephon , and they encamped before Migdol.

About this coordinate

Numbers 33:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 33:7, so the Hebrew word בַּ֣עַל (baal) 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.33.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.7.W8.S1) and character.