Numbers 14:37:1Num.14.37.W1TAB
וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙
vayamutu
“and died”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-MU-tu
- Extended
- vah-yaa-MU-too
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈmutu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and died
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-MU-tu
- clause
va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH
- sentence
va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH ba-ma-ge-FAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayyamutu {וַיָּמֻתוּ | wayyāmûṯ} ‘and they died’, using the vav-consecutive to introduce narrative sequence.
In context — Numbers 14:37
And the men who brought out an evil report of the land died by the plague before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:37, so the Hebrew word וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ (vayamutu) 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.14.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.37.W1.S1) and character.