Numbers 16:10:1Num.16.10.W1TAB
וַיִּקְרֵב֙
vayikrev
“and he brought near”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-REV
- Extended
- vah-yik-REHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he brought near
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-REV
- clause
va-yik-REV ot-KHA ve-ET-KOL-a-KHEI-kha be-NEI-LE-vi
- sentence
va-yik-REV ot-KHA ve-ET-KOL-a-KHEI-kha be-NEI-LE-vi it-AKH u-vi-KASH-tem GAM-ke-hu-NAH
Exegesis
The clause begins with wayyaqerev {וַיַּקְרֵב֙ | wayyā-qə-rēḇ} ‘and he brought near’, which introduces divine drawing.
Root and etymology
RootQof-Resh-Bet
“to draw near”
In context — Numbers 16:10
And He has brought you near, together with all your brothers the sons of Levi, but you seek the priesthood also.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרֵב֙ (vayikrev) 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.16.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.10.W1.S1) and character.