Numbers 15:34:1Num.15.34.W1TAB
וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ
vayanikhu
“and they placed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-NI-khu
- Extended
- vah-ya-NEE-khoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈniːħu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they placed
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-NI-khu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-NI-khu o-TO
- clause
va-ya-NI-khu o-TO ba-mish-MAR
- sentence
va-ya-NI-khu o-TO ba-mish-MAR KI LO fo-RASH ma-ye-a-SE LO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav-consecutive vayanikhu {וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ | wayyanniḥû} ‘and they placed,’ signaling continuation of the legal storyline.
In context — Numbers 15:34
And they placed him in custody , because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:34, so the Hebrew word וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ (vayanikhu) 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.15.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.34.W1.S1) and character.