Numbers 18:2:9Num.18.2.W9TAB
וְיִלָּו֥וּ
veyillavu
“and they shall join”
- Transliteration
- ve-yil-LA-vu
- Extended
- veh-yeel-LAA-voo
- IPA
- /vəjilˈlaːvu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall join
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yil-LA-vu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha
- clause
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI SHE-vet a-VI-kha hak-REV it-TACH ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha vi-shar-te-KHA
- sentence
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI SHE-vet a-VI-kha hak-REV it-TACH ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha vi-shar-te-KHA ve-a-TA u-va-NEI-kha it-TACH lif-NEI O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
The verbs veyillavu {וְיִלָּוּ | wə-yil-lā-wû} ‘and they will be joined’ and veyishartukha {וִֽישָׁרְת֑וּךָ | wə-šār-tû-kā} ‘and they will serve you’ form a sequential narrative of attachment and service. The repetition of ittakh ‘with you’ emphasizes ongoing association.
In context — Numbers 18:2
And also bring near your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, to be with you, and they will be joined to you and serve you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony .
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 18:2, so the Hebrew word וְיִלָּו֥וּ (veyillavu) 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.18.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.2.W9.S1) and character.