Numbers 14:5:1Num.14.5.W1TAB
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל
vayipol
“then fell”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-POL
- Extended
- vah-yih-POHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈpol/
Meaning by language
- English
- then fell
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-POL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-POL mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yi-POL mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON al-pe-NEI-hem
- sentence
va-yi-POL mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON al-pe-NEI-hem lif-NEI kol-ke-HAL a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with wayipol {וַיִּפֹּ֥ל | wayyip̄ōl} ‘and he fell’, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect that advances the sequence.
In context — Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (vayipol) 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.14.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.5.W1.S1) and character.