Numbers 13:30:1Num.13.30.W1TAB
וַיַּ֧הַ
vayahas
“And silenced”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-HAS
- Extended
- vah-ya-HAS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈhas/
Meaning by language
- English
- And silenced
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-HAS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-HAS ka-LEV
- clause
va-ya-HAS ka-LEV et-ha-AM el-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-ya-HAS ka-LEV et-ha-AM el-mo-SHEH va-yo-MER a-LO na-a-LE ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL LAH
Exegesis
vayahas {וַיַּ֧הַס | wayyāhas} ‘and he hushed’ uses the Hiphil stem to signal Caleb’s causative action.
In context — Numbers 13:30
And Caleb hushed the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and possess the land , for we are fully able."
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:30, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֧הַ (vayahas) 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.13.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.30.W1.S1) and character.