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

Result
וַ + יָּ + מֻ֙ + תוּ֙
va + ya + mu + tu
vayamutu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-MU-tu

  2. clause

    va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.