Numbers 16:32:1Num.16.32.W1TAB
וַתִּפְתַּח
vatiftakh
“and opened”
- Transliteration
- va-tif-TAKH
- Extended
- vah-tihf-TAHkh
- IPA
- /vat.tifˈtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and opened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tif-TAKH
- sentence
va-tif-TAKH ha-A-retz et-PI-ha va-tiv-LA o-TAM ve-ET-bei-TAM ve-ET kol-ha-a-DAM a-SHER le-KO-rakh ve-ET kol-ha-re-KHUSH
Exegesis
The verse uses a series of vav-consecutives—vatiftach {וַתִּפְתַּ֤ח | vaṯṭippaḥ} “and it opened” followed by vativla {וַתִּבְלַ֥ע | vaṯṭiblaʿ} “and it swallowed”—to convey rapid, linked actions.
Root and etymology
pe-tet-chetpeh-tet-chet
“opening, entrance”
In context — Numbers 16:32
And the earth opened its mouth , and swallowed them, and their houses , and all the people who belonged to Korah, and all the possessions.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:32, so the Hebrew word וַתִּפְתַּח (vatiftakh) 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.16.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.32.W1.S1) and character.