Numbers 16:33:1Num.16.33.W1TAB
וַיֵּרְדוּ
vayerdu
“And they went down”
- Transliteration
- va-yer-DU
- Extended
- vah-yer-DOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jerˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And they went down
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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-yer-DU
- sentence
va-yer-DU HEM ve-KOL-a-SHER la-HEM kha-YIM she-o-LAH va-te-KHAS a-lei-HEM ha-A-retz va-yo-ev-DU mi-TOHKH ha-ka-HAL
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative employs the vav consecutive sequence, with vayyerdu {וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ | wayyērdû} ‘and they went down’ initiating the action.
In context — Numbers 16:33
And they went down, they and all that belonged to them, alive into Sheol ; and the earth covered them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:33, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרְדוּ (vayerdu) 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.16.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.33.W1.S1) and character.