Numbers 17:7:1Num.17.7.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:22
וַיְּנַח
vayenakh
“And he {Moses} placed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-NAKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-NAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈnaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- And he {Moses} placed
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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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-NAKH
- sentence
va-ye-NAKH mo-SHEH ET-ha-mat-TOT lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive prefix in vayyanakh {וַיַּנַּח | way∙yan∙nāḥ} ‘and he placed’, which reinterprets the Qal imperfect as a past narrative.
In context — Numbers 17:7
And Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony .
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 17:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְּנַח (vayenakh) 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.17.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.7.W1.S1) and character.