Numbers 14:2:1Num.14.2.W1TAB
וַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙
vayillonu
“and they murmured”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-LO-nu
- Extended
- vah-yil-LOH-nu
- IPA
- /vaj.jilˈloːnu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they murmured
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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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yil-LO-nu
- clause
va-yil-LO-nu al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yil-LO-nu al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayillonu {וַיִּלֹּנוּ | way·yillō·nû} ‘and they grumbled,’ a piel imperfect verb conveying intensified complaint, followed by the coordinated prepositional phrases al-Moshe and ve-al-Aharon indicating the targets of reproach.
In context — Numbers 14:2
And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙ (vayillonu) 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.14.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.2.W1.S1) and character.