Numbers 14:44:5Num.14.44.W5TAB
וַאֲר֤וֹן
vaaron
“but the ark”
- Transliteration
- va-a-RON
- Extended
- vah-ah-ROHN
- IPA
- /va.ʔăˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- but the ark
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-RON
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-RON be-rit-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-a-RON be-rit-ye-ho-VAH u-mo-SHEH lo-MA-shu mi-KE-rev ha-ma-kha-NEH
- 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 adversative vav in wāʾārōn {וַאֲר֤וֹן | wāʾārōn} ‘and the ark’ shifts to a contrasting clause, introducing bĕrît-Yəhōwāh {בְּרִית־יְהוָה | bĕrît-Yəhōwāh} ‘of the covenant of the LORD’ alongside ū-Mōšeh {וּמֹשֶׁה | ū-Mōšeh} ‘and Moses’ as parallel subjects.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ן
“chest, box”
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 14:44:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:44, so the Hebrew word וַאֲר֤וֹן (vaaron) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.44.W5.S1) and character.