Numbers 16:12:1Num.16.12.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח
vayishlakh
“and sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHkh
- IPA
- /vaj.ʃəˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH lik-RO le-da-TAN u-la-a-vi-RAM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH lik-RO le-da-TAN u-la-a-vi-RAM be-NEI e-li-AV va-yo-mru LO na-a-LEH
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’, a Qal imperfect marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-lamed-chet
“to send, dispatch”
In context — Numbers 16:12
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not go up .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (vayishlakh) 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.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.12.W1.S1) and character.