Numbers 15:32:4Num.15.32.W4TAB
וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ
vayimtseu
“and they found”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-tse-U
- Extended
- vah-yim-tseh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jim.t͡səˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they found
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-tse-U
- clause
va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
A new action is introduced by the vav-consecutive wayimṣəʾû {וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ | wayimṣəʾû} ‘and they found’, with the participle məqōšēš {מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ | məqōšēš} ‘gathering’ modifying the object ʿēṣîm {עֵצִ֖ים | ʿēṣîm} ‘wood’.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-tsade-aleph
“find, discover”
In context — Numbers 15:32
And the sons of Israel were in the wilderness , and they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:32, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ (vayimtseu) 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.15.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.32.W4.S1) and character.