Numbers 16:2:1Num.16.2.W1TAB
וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ
vayakumu
“And they rose up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KU-mu
- Extended
- vah-ya-KU-moo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈqu.muː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And they rose up
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KU-mu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KU-mu leef-nei-HEM mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu leef-nei-HEM mo-SHEH va-a-na-SHIM mib-NEI yis-ra-EL kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu leef-nei-HEM mo-SHEH va-a-na-SHIM mib-NEI yis-ra-EL kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM ne-si-EI e-DAH ke-ri-EI mo-ED an-SHEI SHEM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the Vav-consecutive verb wayyaqûmû {וַיָּקֻמוּ | wayyaqûmû} ‘and they rose up’, signaling a shift of action.
In context — Numbers 16:2
And they rose up before Moses—men from the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation , summoned to the assembly , men of renown.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:2, so the Hebrew word וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ (vayakumu) 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.16.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.2.W1.S1) and character.