Numbers 2:34:1Num.2.34.W1TAB
וֽ͏ַיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ
vayaasu
“Thus did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-SU
- Extended
- vah-ya-a-SU
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Thus did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-SU
- clause
va-ya-a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-KHOL a-SHER-Tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH ET-Mo-SHEH KEN-Kha-NU le-dig-lei-HEM ve-KEN na-SA-U ISH le-mish-pe-kho-TAI-v al-BEIT a-vo-TAIV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb wayya‘ăśû {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | wayya‘ăśû} ‘and they did,’ establishing a narrative summary.
In context — Numbers 2:34
So the sons of Israel did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards and set out, each by his clans and by his fathers’ houses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:34, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (vayaasu) 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.2.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.34.W1.S1) and character.