Numbers 16:35:5Num.16.35.W5TAB
וַתֹּאכַל
vatokhal
“and consumed”
- Transliteration
- va-to-KHAL
- Extended
- vah-toh-KHAL
- IPA
- /vatˌtoˈʔaxal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and consumed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-to-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
u-ESH yats-A me-ET Ye-ho-VAH va-to-KHAL ET ha-kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM
- sentence
u-ESH yats-A me-ET Ye-ho-VAH va-to-KHAL ET ha-kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM EESH mak-ri-VEI hak-to-RET
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in vato’khal {וַתֹּאכַל | vaṭṭōʾăkhal} ‘and it consumed’ shifts to the imperfect for immediacy.
In context — Numbers 16:35
And fire went out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:35, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּאכַל (vatokhal) 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.16.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.35.W5.S1) and character.