Numbers 14:45:7Num.14.45.W7TAB
וַיַּכּ֥וּם
vayakum
“and struck them”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KUM
- Extended
- vah-yah-KOOM
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and struck them
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-KUM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KUM va-ya-ke-TUM
- clause
va-ya-KUM va-ya-ke-TUM ad-ha-khor-MAH
- sentence
va-ye-RED ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV ba-HAR ha-HU va-ya-KUM va-ya-ke-TUM ad-ha-khor-MAH
Exegesis
The verbs vayakkum {וַיַּכּ֥וּם | wayyakkûm} ‘they struck them’ and vayyaketum {וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּם | wayyakkəṯum} ‘they beat them down’ are successive Hiphil imperfects, emphasizing initial assault followed by decisive subjugation.
In context — Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who lived in that mountain , came down and struck them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:45:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:45, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכּ֥וּם (vayakum) 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.14.45.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.45.W7.S1) and character.