Numbers 14:16:10Num.14.16.W10TAB
וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם
vayishkhatem
“and he has killed them”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-kha-TEM
- Extended
- vah-yish-khah-TEM
- IPA
- /vajjiʃħaˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he has killed them
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-kha-TEM
- clause
va-yish-kha-TEM ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
mi-bil-TI ye-KHO-let Ye-ho-VAH le-ha-VI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-nish-BA la-HEM va-yish-kha-TEM ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayishchatem {וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם | va-yim-šḥā-tem} “and He slaughtered them” marks narrative sequence, with bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mid-bār} “in the wilderness” specifying the location of judgment. English rendering preserves temporal and causal relationships to reflect the Hebrew structure and theological emphasis on divine agency and judgment.
In context — Numbers 14:16
Because of the lack of ability of the LORD to bring this people into the land that He swore to them, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 14:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם (vayishkhatem) 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.14.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.16.W10.S1) and character.