Numbers 20:1:9Num.20.1.W9TAB
וַתָּמָת שָׁם
vatamat sham
“and died there”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-MAT SHAM
- Extended
- vah-tah-MAHT SHAHM
- IPA
- /vatˈtaːmat ʃam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and died there
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ta-MAT SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-ye-SHEV ha-AM be-ka-DESH va-ta-MAT SHAM mir-YAM va-ti-ka-VER SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL KOL-ha-ei-DAH mid-BAR-TSIN ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-ye-SHEV ha-AM be-ka-DESH va-ta-MAT SHAM mir-YAM va-ti-ka-VER SHAM
Exegesis
The narrative shifts with vatamat {וַתָּ֤מָת | watāmēṯ} ‘and she died’ introducing Miryam {מִרְיָ֔ם | Miryām} as the focus; the parallel vatikkaver {וַתִּקָּבֵ֖ר | wattiqāḇer} ‘and she was buried’ heightens the story’s closure through paired action.
Root and etymology
RootMem, Vav, Tav
“die”
In context — Numbers 20:1
Then the sons of Israel, the whole assembly , entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַתָּמָת שָׁם (vatamat sham) 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.20.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.1.W9.S1) and character.