1 Chronicles 21:20:31 Chr.21.20.W3TAB
וַיַּרְא֙
vayare
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yar-E
- Extended
- vah-yahr-EH
- IPA
- /vaj.jarˈʔɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-yar-E
- clause
va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM ve-or-NA-n DASH khi-TIM
Exegesis
The verse is driven by the narrative wayyiqtol sequence: vayyashav {וַיָּ֣שָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he turned back’ followed by vayyare {וַיַּרְא֙ | wayyarʾe} ‘and he saw’, presenting Ornan’s reaction as a rapid, successive movement.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:20
And Ornan turned back and saw the angel , and his four sons with him were hiding themselves; and Ornan was threshing wheat .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 21:20, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְא֙ (vayare) 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 1 Chr.21.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.20.W3.S1) and character.