Deuteronomy 23:4:12Deut.23.4.W12PATWLC Deuteronomy 23:5
אֶת־בִּלְעָ֣ם
etbilam
“Balaam”
- Transliteration
- et-bil-AM
- Extended
- eet-bil-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.bilˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Balaam
- French
- Balaam
- Spanish
- Balaam
- Portuguese
- Balaão
- German
- Bileam
- Russian
- Валаам
- Arabic-Simplified
- بلعام
- Hindi
- बिलआम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 巴兰
- Korean
- 발람
- Indonesian
- Bileam
- Bengali
- বিলিয়াম
- Tagalog
- Balaam
- Swahili
- Balaamu
- Amharic
- በለዓም
- Yoruba
- Balaamu
- Igbo
- Balaam
- Twi
- Balaam
- Ewe
- Balam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-bil-AM
- phraseyour reading level
et-bil-AM ben-be-OR
- clause
va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha
- sentence
al-de-VAR a-SHER lo-kid-MU et-KHEM ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim ba-DE-rekh be-TSET-KHEM mi-mits-RA-yim va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 23:4
on account of that they did not meet you with the bread and with water on the way when you came out from Egypt and he hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor Aram Naharaim to curse you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 23:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בִּלְעָ֣ם (etbilam) 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 Deut.23.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.4.W12.S1) and character.