Numbers 13:21:2Num.13.21.W2TAB
וַיָּתֻ֣רוּ
vayaturu
“and they explored”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-TU-ru
- Extended
- vah-ya-TOO-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈtuːruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they explored
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-TU-ru
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-TU-ru et-ha-A-retz
- clause
va-ya-a-LU va-ya-TU-ru et-ha-A-retz
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU va-ya-TU-ru et-ha-A-retz mi-mid-BAR-tsin ad-re-KHOV le-VO kha-MAT
Exegesis
The first verb, vayaʿălū {וַיַּעֲל֖וּ | va-ya-ʿă-lū} ‘and they went up’, establishes the ascent, which is immediately continued by vayyātūru {וַיָּתֻרוּ | va-yā-tū-rū} ‘and they scouted’, highlighting coordinated action.
In context — Numbers 13:21
And they went up and scouted out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rechov, toward the entrance of Hamath .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:21, so the Hebrew word וַיָּתֻ֣רוּ (vayaturu) 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.13.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.21.W2.S1) and character.