Numbers 13:30:8Num.13.30.W8TAB
וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ
veyarashnu
“and possess it”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-RASH-nu
- Extended
- veh-yaa-RASH-nu
- IPA
- /vəjaˈraʃnu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and possess it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-RASH-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH
- clause
va-yo-MER a-LO na-a-LE ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL LAH
- 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
Veyarashnu {וְיָרַשְׁנוּ | weyyārāshnû} continues with the cohortative for collective determination ‘let us possess.’
Root and etymology
y-r-shyod-resh-shin
“to possess”
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 13:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 13:30, so the Hebrew word וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ (veyarashnu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.30.W8.S1) and character.