Numbers 16:41:1Num.16.41.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:6
וַיִּלֹּנוּ
vayilonu
“But murmured”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-LO-nu
- Extended
- vah-yil-LOH-nu
- IPA
- /vajilˈloːnu/
Meaning by language
- English
- But murmured
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-LO-nu
- clause
va-yi-LO-nu kol-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL mi-ma-kho-RAT
- sentence
va-yi-LO-nu kol-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL mi-ma-kho-RAT al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON le-MOR a-TEM ha-mi-TEM et-AM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with va-yil-lō-nû {וַיִּלֹּנוּ | va-yil-lō-nû} ‘and they grumbled’, where the Piel imperfect with vav consecutive intensifies the action and links to the previous narrative.
Root and etymology
l-w-nl-w-n
“to grumble, complain”
In context — Numbers 16:41
On the next day, all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:41, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלֹּנוּ (vayilonu) 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.16.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.41.W1.S1) and character.