Numbers 13:3:1Num.13.3.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח
vayishlakh
“And Moses sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vajjiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- And Moses sent
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH mi-mid-BAR pa-a-RAN al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH mi-mid-BAR pa-a-RAN al-PI Ye-ho-VAH ku-LAM a-na-SHIM ra-shei be-nei-yis-ra-EL he-MAH
Exegesis
The verse follows a VSO pattern, opened by the vav-consecutive verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | və-yiš-lāḥ}, which foregrounds the act of sending.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-lamed-chet
“to send”
In context — Numbers 13:3
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of the LORD ; all of them were men, leaders of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (vayishlakh) 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.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.3.W1.S1) and character.