Numbers 13:27:1Num.13.27.W1TAB
וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ֙
vayesaprulo
“And they related to him”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-sap-ru-LO
- Extended
- vah-yeh-sahp-ROO-LOH
- IPA
- /vajəsapˈruː.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And they related to him
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-sap-ru-LO
- clause
va-ye-sap-ru-LO va-yo-MRU BA-nu el-ha-A-retz a-SHER she-lakh-TA-nu
- sentence
va-ye-sap-ru-LO va-yo-MRU BA-nu el-ha-A-retz a-SHER she-lakh-TA-nu ve-GAM za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH HI ve-ZE-PIR-yah
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative sequence using vayesapperu-lo {וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ | way-ye-sap-per-û-lō} ‘and they recounted to him’ combined with vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-mer-û} ‘and they said’ to introduce reported speech.
Root and etymology
Roots-p-r
“to recount, relate”
In context — Numbers 13:27
And they recounted to him and said, “We have come to the land you sent us to, and it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ֙ (vayesaprulo) 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.13.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.27.W1.S1) and character.