Numbers 11:2:7Num.11.2.W7TAB
וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע
vatishka
“and subsided”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-KA
- Extended
- vah-tish-KAA
- IPA
- /vatʃiʃˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and subsided
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tish-KA
- clause
va-yit-pal-LEL MO-sheh el-ye-ho-VAH va-tish-KA ha-ESH
- sentence
va-yits-AK ha-AM el-MO-sheh va-yit-pal-LEL MO-sheh el-ye-ho-VAH va-tish-KA ha-ESH
Exegesis
Finally, vatishqaʿ {וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע | va-tiš-qaʿ} ‘and it subsided’ shifts agency to haʾēš {הָאֵשׁ | hā-ʾēš}, framing the fire’s passive cessation as the climactic result of intercession. This structure highlights the theological motif of communal distress, prophetic mediation, and divine response.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ק־ע
“to sink”
In context — Numbers 11:2
And the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD , and the fire subsided.
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 11:2, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע (vatishka) 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.11.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.2.W7.S1) and character.