Numbers 18:6:1Num.18.6.W1TAB
וַאֲנִ֗י
vaani
“And I”
- Transliteration
- va-a-NI
- Extended
- vah-a-NEE
- IPA
- /va.ʔaˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-NI
- clause
va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEM mat-ta-NAH ne-tu-NIM la-ye-ho-VAH la-a-VOD ET-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The clause opens with the emphatic pronoun va’ani {וַאֲנִ֗י | wa-ʾă-nî} and particle hinneh {הִנֵּ֤ה | hin-nê} “behold,” a fronting device that highlights divine initiative.
In context — Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel for you a gift given to the LORD to serve the service of the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 18:6, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנִ֗י (vaani) 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.18.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.6.W1.S1) and character.