Numbers 13:23:10Num.13.23.W10TAB
וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ
vayisauhu
“and they carried it”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-sa-U-hu
- Extended
- vah-yi-saa-OO-hu
- IPA
- /vaj.jisːaːˈʔu.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they carried it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-sa-U-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-sa-U-hu ba-MOT
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ad-NA-khal esh-KOL va-yikh-RE-tu mi-SHAM ze-mo-RA ve-esh-KOL a-na-VIM e-KHAD va-yi-sa-U-hu ba-MOT bish-NA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ad-NA-khal esh-KOL va-yikh-RE-tu mi-SHAM ze-mo-RA ve-esh-KOL a-na-VIM e-KHAD va-yi-sa-U-hu ba-MOT bish-NA-yim u-min-ha-ri-mo-NIM u-min-ha-te-e-NIM
Exegesis
The following waw-consecutive clause vayyissa'uhu bamot bishnayim {וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ בַּמּוֹט בִּשְׁנָיִם | wayyissa’ūhū bammōṭ bišnayīm} ‘and they carried it on a pole with two’ highlights the communal effort with the dual form.
In context — Numbers 13:23
And they came to the Valley of Eshkol, and from there they cut down a branch and a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two ; they also took some pomegranates and some figs.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 13:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ (vayisauhu) 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.13.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.23.W10.S1) and character.