Numbers 16:18:10Num.16.18.W10TAB
וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙
vayaamdu
“and they stood”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AM-du
- Extended
- vah-ya-AM-doo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕamduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they stood
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AM-du
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO va-yit-NU a-lei-HEM ESH va-ya-SI-mu a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret va-ya-AM-du PE-takh O-hel mo-ED u-mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through four sequential vav-consecutive clauses: vayikchu {וַיִּקְח֞וּ | vai-yiq-ḥu} ‘and they took’, vayitnu {וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ | vai-yit-nû} ‘and they put’, vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ | vai-yā-sî-mû} ‘and they placed’, and vayaamdu {וַֽיַּעַמְד֗וּ | vai-ya-ʿam-dû} ‘and they stood’, highlighting coordinated ritual action.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-m-d
“to stand”
In context — Numbers 16:18
And each man took his censer and put fire upon it, and placed incense upon it, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 16:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ (vayaamdu) 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.16.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.18.W10.S1) and character.