Numbers 13:2:3Num.13.2.W3TAB
וְיָתֻ֙רוּ֙
veyaturu
“and they shall spy out”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-TU-ru
- Extended
- veh-yah-TU-roo
- IPA
- /vəjaˈturuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall spy out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-TU-ru
- clause
she-LAKH-le-KHA a-na-SHIM ve-ya-TU-ru ET-e-RETZ ke-na-AN a-SHER-a-NEE no-TEN liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
she-LAKH-le-KHA a-na-SHIM ve-ya-TU-ru ET-e-RETZ ke-na-AN a-SHER-a-NEE no-TEN liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ISH e-KHAD ISH e-KHAD le-ma-TEH a-vo-TAV tish-la-KHU KOL na-SI va-HEM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive veyaturu {וְיָתֻרוּ | wə-yāṯurū} ‘and they shall explore’ sets purpose, linking the sending to reconnaissance.
In context — Numbers 13:2
Send for yourself men that they may explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel. From each tribe of his fathers you shall send one man, every one a leader among them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:2, so the Hebrew word וְיָתֻ֙רוּ֙ (veyaturu) 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.13.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.2.W3.S1) and character.