Numbers 16:15:1Num.16.15.W1TAB
וַיִּחַר
vayikhar
“and it burned {was angry}”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KHAR
- Extended
- vah-yi-KHAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈħaʁ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it burned {was angry}
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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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-KHAR
- sentence
va-yi-KHAR le-mo-SHEH me-OD
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayichar {וַיִּ֤חַר | va-yî-ḥar} “and it burned,” an idiom for intense anger attributed to Moses (leMosheh {לְמֹשֶׁה֙} “to Moses”).
In context — Numbers 16:15
And Moses was very angry and said to the LORD , “Do not turn toward their offering . I have not taken even one donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּחַר (vayikhar) 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.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.15.W1.S1) and character.