Numbers 16:48:6Num.16.48.W6TABWLC Numbers 17:13

וַתֵּעָצַ֖ר

vateatsar

and was stopped

Transliteration
va-te-a-TSAR
Extended
vah-teh-aa-TSAHR
IPA
/vat.te.ʕaˈtsar/

Meaning by language

English
and was stopped

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תֵּ + עָ + צַ֖ר
va + te + a + tsar
vateatsar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-te-a-TSAR

  2. clause

    va-te-a-TSAR ha-ma-ge-FA

  3. sentence

    va-ya-a-MOD BEIN ha-me-TIM u-BEIN ha-kha-YIM va-te-a-TSAR ha-ma-ge-FA

Exegesis

The narrative employs the vav-consecutive forms vayya'amod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | va-ya-ʿa-mō-ḏ} ‘and he stood’ and vatte'atzar {וַתֵּעָצַר | va-tê-ʿā-ṣar} ‘and it was stopped’ to present sequential actions.

Root and etymology

ע־צ־ר

to restrain, halt

In contextNumbers 16:48

And he stood between the dead and between the living, and the plague was halted.

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:48:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:48, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּעָצַ֖ר (vateatsar) 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.16.48.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.48.W6.S1) and character.