Numbers 14:44:1Num.14.44.W1TAB
וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ
vayapilu
“but they presumed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-PI-lu
- Extended
- vah-ya-PIH-loo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕˈpilu/
Meaning by language
- English
- but they presumed
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-PI-lu
- clause
va-ya-PI-lu la-a-LOT el-ROSH ha-HAR
- sentence
va-ya-PI-lu la-a-LOT el-ROSH ha-HAR va-a-RON be-rit-ye-ho-VAH u-mo-SHEH lo-MA-shu mi-KE-rev ha-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The verse opens with wayya‘pilû {וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ | wayyaʿpîlû} ‘and they went up defiantly’, a vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect conveying forceful causation.
Root and etymology
ע־פ־ל
“to ascend, act arrogantly”
In context — Numbers 14:44
Yet they went up defiantly toward the summit of the mountain, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD and Moses did not depart from the midst of the camp.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:44:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:44, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ (vayapilu) 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.14.44.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.44.W1.S1) and character.