Numbers 17:3:1Num.17.3.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:18

וְאֵת֙

veet

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Transliteration
ve-ET
Extended
veh-EET
IPA
/vəˈʔeːt/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
וְ + אֵת֙
ve + et
veet

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ET

  2. clause

    ve-ET SHEM a-ha-RON takh-TOV al-ma-TEH

  3. sentence

    ve-ET SHEM a-ha-RON takh-TOV al-ma-TEH le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM

Exegesis

The command opens with the prefixed vav in v’et {וְאֵת | və-ʾêṯ}, marking the direct object.

In contextNumbers 17:3

And you shall write Aaron’s name upon the staff of Levi , for there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.

About this coordinate

Numbers 17:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 17:3, so the Hebrew word וְאֵת֙ (veet) 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.17.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.3.W1.S1) and character.